Coded talk, scripted omissions: The micropolitics of AIDS talk in South Africa

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-233

  Wood, Kate ^a   Lambert, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; HIV AIDS; Secrecy; South Africa; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 54049108962     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2008.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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