Palliative care for HIV in the era of antiretroviral therapy availability: Perspectives of nurses in Lesotho

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kell, Megan E ^a   Walley, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESOTHO; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 69549101733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-8-11     Document Type: Article

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