Holding the line: Family responses to pregnancy and the desire for a child in the context of HIV in Vietnam

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-416

  Oosterhoff, Pauline ^a   Anh, Nguyen Thu ^b   Hanh, Ngo Thuy ^c   Yen, Pham Ngoc ^b   Wright, Pamela ^a   Hardon, Anita ^d  

^a Medical Committee Netherlands Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ancestors; Child desire; Family; HIV; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL VALUE; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GRANDPARENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIET NAM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL VALUES; VIETNAM;

EID: 46049117498     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050801915192     Document Type: Article

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