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Religiosity/spirituality can represent an element of support for the weaknesses exposed by the diagnosis of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Spiritual needs can be a source of support and resilience to address threats to people living with HIV, as a factor that can step directly or indirectly into the results of health care. This chapter discusses findings about spiritual needs of people living with HIV and presents two Brazilian studies about this theme.
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Valente, T.C.d.O., Cavalcanti, A.P.R. (2021). Spiritual Needs of HIV-Infected Persons from Brazil. In: Büssing, A. (eds) Spiritual Needs in Research and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70139-0_15
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