Extended family childcare arrangements in a context of AIDS: Collapse or adaptation?

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 22-27

  Mathambo, Vuyiswa ^a   Gibbs, Andy ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Childcare; Dynamic; Extended family; Rupture; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; EXTENDED FAMILY; HUMAN; ORPHANED CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CARE; SURVIVAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350660962     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120902942949     Document Type: Article

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