Caring for AIDS-orphaned children: An exploratory study of challenges faced by carers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-352

  Kuo, Caroline ^a   Operario, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care; HIV and AIDS; Orphan; Qualitative; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649946812     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 1745013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2010.516372     Document Type: Article

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