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RODRIGUEZ AVILA, Yamilex  y  ANDREU DIEZ, Miriam. Coping styles in a young patient with the human inmmunodeficiency virus/aids. MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.8, pp. 4023-4028. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 26 year-old young man with the human immunodeficiency virus/aids, who shows negative attitude towards life, inadequate lifestyles and difficulties with the therapeutic adhesion, assisted by the members of a health team from "28 de Septiembre" University Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba is presented. The confrontation style was analyzed when facing the disease, for which the in-depth interview and the content analysis were used. The results indicated a passive confrontation which is noticed in a relatively stable way, related to prejudices, attitudes, beliefs and dependent personality.

Palabras clave : young man; human immunodeficiency virus/aids; confrontation style; secondary health care..

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