Abstract
To the extent that they are available for medically eligible patients highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) have substantially prolonged the life expectancy and improved the quality of life of people living with HIV. This supplement is devoted to the responses of people living with HIV and describes their experience of living with long termchronic illness. It contains a number of papers detailing findings from research in social sciences recently conducted in France (7) Australia (3) Canada (1) the United Kingdom(1) and the French Caribbean (1) i.e. in countries where HAART have been widely available for about ten years. The thirteen papers examine a number of issues of relevance to living with HIV. The focus ranges from heterosexuals to gay men and there is special concern with the needs and experiences of indigenous and immigrant populations. Several papers address access to and take-up of antiretroviral therapy and health-related quality of life while others examine the day-to-day lives of people living with HIV. These latter papers include discussions of the reproductive desires of those living with HIV their sexual lives and their everyday work and domestic lives. Yet other papers focus on issues related to the disclosure of HIV to others and issues related to stigma and discrimination. (excerpt)
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