Abstract

AREVALO MORA, LEONARDO  and  AVILA MIRA, SANDRA PAOLA. RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY, A VIEW OF STIGMA AGAINST HIV/AIDS: LITERATURE REVIEW. rev.fac.med [online]. 2012, vol.20, n.1, pp.52-61. ISSN 0121-5256.

This article is a review of the literature on religion, spirituality and its role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. First determine the overall context of religion vs spirituality related to living with HIV, then investigates the constraints with the major religions around the world regarding the stigma of the disease and finally, describes the actions which have been beneficial by religious communities.

Keywords : Religion; spirituality; HIV; AIDS.

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