Legacy, legitimacy, and possibility: An exploration of community health worker experience across the generations in Khayelitsha, South Africa

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-154

  Swartz, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Care; Community health work; Generational differences; South Africa; Ubuntu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880158340     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12020     Document Type: Article

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