Property grabbing and will writing in Lusaka, Zambia: An examination of wills of HIV-infected cohabiting couples

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

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-374

  Mendenhall, E ^a   Muzizi, L ^b   Stephenson, R ^a   Chomba, E ^c   Ahmed, Y ^c   Haworth, A ^d   Allen, S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Chainama Hills College Hospital   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFECTION RATE; JURISPRUDENCE; MORALITY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOUSE; WIDOW;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WIDOWHOOD; WILLS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 34147144137     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120600774362     Document Type: Article

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