Infant feeding and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: What lies beneath the dilemma?

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 307-330

  Fletcher, Faith E ^a   Ndebele, Paul ^b   Kelley, Maureen C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Breastfeeding; Ethics; Health disparities; HIV AIDS; Infant feeding; Moral dilemma; Stigma

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 58549097074     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-008-9083-z     Document Type: Article

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