Improving HIV management in sub-Saharan Africa: How much palliative care is needed?

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

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1304-1306

  Collins, K ^a   Harding, R ^b  

^a Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL WORKER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TANZANIA;

EID: 37049021107     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701402863     Document Type: Article

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