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Alternative therapies for the holistic care of the HIV/AIDS patient

Candice Bodkin
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 8, No 3 | a133 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v8i3.133 | © 2003 Candice Bodkin | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 04 November 2003 | Published: 04 November 2003

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Candice Bodkin, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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The holistic nursing care of individuals infected with HIV/AIDS involves promoting psychological and physiological well-being as well as fostering socio-cultural relationships and supporting the fulfilment of spiritual aspirations.

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Die holistiese verpleegsorg van individue met HIV/VIGS behels die bevordering van psigologiese en fisiologiese welsyn, sowel as die bevordering van sosio-kulturele verhoudings ten einde geestelike strewes te verwesenlik.

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