When families fail: Shifting expectations of care among people living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 136-148

  Moyer, Eileen ^a   Igonya, Emmy Kageha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

care; community based organizations; HIV AIDS; Kenya; social support

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84906851413     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2014.924298     Document Type: Article

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