HIV-disclosure in the context of vertical transmission: HIV-positive mothers in Johannesburg, South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 952-960

  Varga, C A ^a   Sherman, G G ^b   Jones, S A ^b  

^a Nozizwe Consulting in Durban   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEWBORN; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOTHERS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33749474339     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500356906     Document Type: Article

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