HIV and the Moral Economy of Survival in an East African City

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 534-556

  Prince, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; East Africa; HIV; Hunger; Moral economy

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FOOD; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; KENYA; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SELF HELP;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; FOOD; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGER; KENYA; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONS; POLITICS; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 84871182147     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12006     Document Type: Article

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