Televising treatment: The political struggle for antiretrovirals on South African television

Social History of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 639-659

  Hodes, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

activism; antiretrovirals; HIV AIDS; South Africa; television

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649823378     PISSN: 0951631X     EISSN: 14774666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/shm/hkp105     Document Type: Article

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