Compassion or condemnation? South African Muslim students' attitudes to people with HIV/AIDS

Sahara J

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 510-515

  Paruk, Zubeda ^a   Mohamed, Sitti Djamela ^a   Patel, Cynthia ^a   Ramgoon, Sarojini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV AIDS; Muslim; Religiosity; Students

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33846173914     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2006.9724878     Document Type: Article

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