Farber, Schwartz, Schaper, Moonen, and McDaniel (2000) defined
resilience as the relationship between hardiness (an aspect of
resilience) and adaptation to HIV/AIDS. Thompson, 2002 views
resilience as a period of uncertainty in which the individual adapts
to living with HIV infection as a chronic illness, requiring an
adjustment in future thinking that allows the individual an opportunity
for consolidation and growth. (p. 280).
For the purpose of this paper, we are focusing on how patients
diagnosed with HIV/AIDs have exhibited resilience as part of their
disease process.