The role of traditional healers in community-based HIV care in rural Lesotho

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 849-856

  Furin, Jennifer ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV; Lesotho; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESOTHO; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LESOTHO; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 80655149189     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9385-3     Document Type: Article

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