Children, AIDS and the politics of orphan care in Ethiopia: The extended family revisited

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2058-2069

  Abebe, Tatek ^a   Aase, Asbjorn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children; Ethiopia; Extended families; HIV AIDS; Orphans

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ORPHAN; POLITICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLITICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NORWAY; POLITICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34147202957     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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