Perception and social consequences of tuberculosis: A focus group study of tuberculosis patients in Sialkot, Pakistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1685-1692

  Liefooghe, R ^a   Michiels, N ^b   Habib, S ^b   Moran, M B ^b   De Muynck, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Bethania Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

cost; defaulting; focus group study; Pakistan; pregnancy; risk factors; stigmatization; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIVORCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TUBERCULOSIS TREATMENT;

PAKISTAN, SIALKOT;

EID: 0028970751     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00129-U     Document Type: Article

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