HIV/AIDS and home based care in botswana: Panacea or perfidy?

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 175-193

  Jacques, Gloria ^a   Stegling, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b Botswana Network on Ethics and Law   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Ethics; HIV AIDS; Home based care; Social work hospice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023690656     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v02n02_11     Document Type: Article

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