Redefining volunteerism: The rhetoric of community home-based care in (the not so new) South Africa

Community Development Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-125

  de Wet, Katinka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RESOURCE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84855382344     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsq066     Document Type: Article

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