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Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume 29, 2017 - Issue 10
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“Knowing I can be helpful makes me feel good inside, it makes me feel essential”: community health care workers’ experiences of conducting a home-based rehabilitation intervention for people living with HIV in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Saul CobbingDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Verusia ChettyDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2934-8687View further author information
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Jill Hanass-HancockHIV Prevention Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Durban, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3662-8548View further author information
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Hellen MyezwaDepartment of Physiotherapy, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaView further author information
Pages 1260-1264 | Received 19 Apr 2016, Accepted 23 Jan 2017, Published online: 09 Feb 2017

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