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Original Articles

Traditional healers as caregivers to HIV/AIDS clients and other terminally challenged persons in Kanye community home-based care programme (CHBC), Botswana

Guérisseurs traditionnels comme travailleurs sociaux pour des clients VIH/SIDA et d'autres personnes condamnées dans le cadre du programme de soins communautaires à domicile (SCD) à Kanye, Botswana

Pages 83-91 | Published online: 28 Feb 2012

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