Beyond the 'Orphan Burden': Understanding Care for and by AIDS-affected Children in Africa

Geography Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 460-474

  Abebe, Tatek ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; ORPHAN;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77957141480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00301.x     Document Type: Review

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