Abstract:Objectives: to understand how people living with HIV who have abandoned treatment face their health condition. Methods: a qualitative study, based on the Chronic Care Model theoretical precepts. Data were collected between April and August 2021, through interviews with 24 people registered in a specialized service in the Brazilian Midwest. Results: coping with the health condition included good and bad moments and is influenced by individual behaviors and the way in which the network was organized. Treatment… Show more
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