Human-rights perspectives on caregiving of people with HIV: The case for the Kanye home-based care programme, Botswana

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-203

  Kang'ethe, Simon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Community profiles; Community based care; Community based programmes; Primary caregivers; Social conditions; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVER; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMMUNITY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIGMA; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 78650210008     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2010.517489     Document Type: Article

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