Gender, ageing and carework in East and Southern Africa: A review

Global Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1185-1200

  Schatz, Enid ^a,b,c   Seeley, Janet ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

ageing; carework; East and Southern Africa; gender; HIV

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LESOTHO; MALAWI; MASCULINITY; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; PATIENT CARE; PENSION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RWANDA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NORM; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; UGANDA; WELLBEING; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; AFRICA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84945484570     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1035664     Document Type: Article

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