Hopes, fears, knowledge and misunderstandings: Responses of HIV-positive mothers to early knowledge of the status of their baby

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

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-334

  Lazarus, R ^a   Struthers, H ^a   Violari, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Family planning; Feeding; HIV+ mothers; PCR test; Reactions

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; STRESS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MOTHERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449625451     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802183503     Document Type: Article

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