"I have lost sexual interest..." - Challenges of balancing personal and professional lives among nurses caring for people living with HIV and AIDS in Limpopo, South Africa

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-169

  Sofolahan, Yewande ^a   Airhihenbuwa, Collins ^a   Makofane, Daisy ^b   Mashaba, Ephraim ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BURNOUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPATHY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA;

BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPATHY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80051710035     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.31.2.d     Document Type: Article

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