'It hurts, but I don't have a choice, I'm not working and I'm sick': Decisions and experiences regarding abortion of women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 781-795

  Orner, Phyllis ^a   de Bruyn, Maria ^b   Cooper, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b IPAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; HIV AIDS; Living with HIV; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUCED ABORTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79960286263     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.577907     Document Type: Article

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