Structural Violence and Women's Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in India: Understanding Through a "Grief Model" Framework

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1200-1208

  Wadhwa, Vandana ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

grief model; health policy; HIV AIDS; India; structural violence

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

INDIA;

EID: 84864557446     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.659966     Document Type: Article

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