Defying all odds: Coping with the challenges of volunteer caregiving for patients with AIDS in South Africa

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-365

  Akintola, Olagoke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Coping strategies; HIV AIDS; Home based care; Stress; Stressor; Volunteer caregivers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 47849121782     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04704.x     Document Type: Article

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