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HIV/AIDS Care
Family home AIDS care in rural sub-Saharan Africa is a minimal burden
December 12th, 2004
Family home AIDS care in rural sub-Saharan Africa is a minimal burden. According to recent research from the United States, "In rural sub-Saharan Africa, most care for patients with AIDS is provided at home by relatives. "Caring for those with AIDS is assumed to be a substantial burden, but little is known from the perspectives of those who provide the care. In this paper we use interviews with caregivers, supplemented with survey data from a larger study in rural Malawi, to investigate this issue." "We focus on the caregivers' diagnoses of the illness of their patients, the type and duration of the care they provided, the support...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004-12-12)
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