'Our families are killing us': HIV/AIDS, witchcraft and social tensions in the Caprivi region, Namibia

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-291

  Thomas, Felicity ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NAMIBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STIGMA; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 36749020582     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470701612679     Document Type: Article

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