Life in institutional care: The voices of children in a residential facility in Botswana

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

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-16

  Morantz, Gillian ^a   Heymann, Jody ^b  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Botswana; Child health; Orphans; Residential facilities

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; COMMUNITY; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; LIFE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORPHANED CHILD; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; SOCIALIZATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ORPHANAGES; PUNISHMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949576020     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903012601     Document Type: Article

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