Integrating HIV care into nurse-led primary health care services in South Africa: A synthesis of three linked qualitative studies

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Uebel, Kerry ^a,b   Guise, Andy ^c   Georgeu, Daniella ^d   Colvin, Christopher ^e   Lewin, Simon ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Free State Department of Health   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services (NOKC)   (Norway)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV care; Integration; Nurse specialisation; Primary health care; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877052195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-171     Document Type: Article

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