07 Nov
Optimizing Treatment for African Americans and Latinos with HIV/AIDS: SOCIETAL BARRIERS TO CARE
Societal barriers to care can be caused by either patients or providers. In the African-American community, patient barriers include distrust of the medical system, myths about HIV, the “closeted” condition of men on the down-low and men who do not consider themselves homosexual but have sex with men, and lack of access to healthcare services. [...]