Search for a cure: Narratives of Thai family caregivers living with a person with AIDS

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1003-1010

  Nilmanat, Kittikorn ^a   Street, Annette ^b  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Family; Supernatural healing rites; Thai religious performances; Thailand; Traditional folk medicine

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY COUNSELING; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RELIGION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; THAILAND; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAREGIVERS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NARRATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; THAILAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 2942558596     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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