Clinics and home-based care organisations: An interface between the formal and informal health sectors

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-324

  Boros, Adam Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health service delivery; Health systems; HIV AIDS; Nurses; Primary healthcare; Qualitative research; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80051835195     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2010.545618     Document Type: Review

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