Couple-Focused Interventions for HIV-Serodiscordant Couples During Transition to Motherhood

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-160

  Pereira, Marco ^a   Dattilio, Frank M ^b   Canavarro, Maria Cristina ^c   Narciso, Isabel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Couple focused interventions; HIV; Pregnancy; Transition to motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956269119     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-011-9152-8     Document Type: Article

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