Fosterage patterns in the age of AIDS: Continuity and change

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1443-1454

  Madhavan, Sangeetha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AIDS; Fosterage; Kinship; Networks; Orphans; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; KINSHIP; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; KIN SELECTION; LITERATURE; ORPHANAGE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0842326643     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00341-1     Document Type: Article

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