"I Can't Go to School and Leave Her in So Much Pain": Educational Shortfalls Among Adolescent 'Young Carers' in the South African AIDS Epidemic

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 581-605

  Cluver, L ^a,b   Operario, D ^c   Lane, T ^a   Kganakga, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Department of Social Development   (South Africa)

Author keywords

education school; family relationships; HIV AIDS; South Africa; young carers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865147290     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558411417868     Document Type: Article

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