Experiences of Batswana women diagnosed with both HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer.
The central phenomenon of interest to the authors was the experiences of Batswana women who have been diagnosed with both HIV/AIDS and cervical cancer. They wanted to know how these women and their families coped with the burden of the two 'fatal' diseases. This interest was brought about by the cur...
| Publicado en: | Curationis Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 29 - 40 |
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African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
Dec2009
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