The capacity of the extended family safety net for orphans in Africa

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-62

  Foster, G ^a,b,c  

^a Family AIDS Caring Trust Mutare   (Zimbabwe)

^b Mutare Provincial Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^c Box 970 ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0034107147     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135485000106007     Document Type: Review

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