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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
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“I don't know if this is right … but this is what I'm offering”: healthcare provider knowledge, practice, and attitudes towards safer conception for HIV-affected couples in the context of Southern African guidelines

Nora WestWitkoppen Health and Welfare Centre, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sheree SchwartzDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAView further author information
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Rebecca PhofaWitkoppen Health and Welfare Centre, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Nompumelelo YendeWitkoppen Health and Welfare Centre, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Jean BassettWitkoppen Health and Welfare Centre, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Ian SanneDepartment of Medicine, Clinical HIV Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Right to Care, ThembaLethu Wing, Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
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Annelies Van RieDepartment of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USAView further author information
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Pages 390-396 | Received 17 Mar 2015, Accepted 08 Sep 2015, Published online: 07 Oct 2015

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