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Gay Men And The Intentional Pursuit Of Hiv, Thomas James Loveless
Gay Men And The Intentional Pursuit Of Hiv, Thomas James Loveless
Theses and Dissertations
Hidden deep within the gay male underground lives a small population of gay men who imagined the intentional pursuit of HIV as a means to some end. In terms of nursing care for such marginalized pockets of gay men, most nurses are unaware of their existence or lack sufficient knowledge and compassion to care for this population. Bug chaser is a metaphor used to describe the gay men who intentionally sought the bug--HIV infection. Essential to caring for these men is first discovering them, and then understanding them.
The purpose of this narrative study was to understand the life experiences …