Community Home-Based Care in a Rural Village: Challenges and Strategies

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Shaibu, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

community home based care; continuity of care

Indexed keywords

BOTSWANA; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

BOTSWANA; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 30944466855     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659605281974     Document Type: Article

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