Gelling medical knowledge: Innovative pharmaceuticals, experience, and perceptions of efficacy

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-111

  Saethre, Eirik J ^a   Stadler, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; HIV AIDS; Pharmaceuticals; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; POLYMERS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951674206     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470903569396     Document Type: Review

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