'He lacks his fatherhood': Safer conception technologies and the biological imperative for fatherhood among recently-diagnosed Xhosa-speaking men living with HIV in South Africa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1101-1114

  Taylor, Tonya N ^a   Mantell, Joanne E ^b   Nywagi, Ntobeko ^c   Cishe, Nomazizi ^c   Cooper, Diane ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

fatherhood; HIV prevention; paternity; safer conception technologies; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84885379478     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.809147     Document Type: Article

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