A theme issue by, for, and about Africa: Palliative care and antiretroviral treatment can be integrated

BMJ

Volumn 331, Issue 7519, 2005, Pages 778-779

  Senyimba, Catherine ^a   Mwebesa, Edmund ^a   Kennelly, Siobhan ^a   Frame, Karen ^a   Harding, Richard ^b  

^a Hospice Africa   (Uganda)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 26944476711     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7519.778-b     Document Type: Letter

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