Conceptions of tuberculosis and therapeutic choices in Highland Chiapas, Mexico

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 381-401

  Menegoni, Lorenza ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Maya ethnology; Medical anthropology; Public health; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAGIC; MALE; MEXICO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MAGIC; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MEXICO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SICK ROLE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0030226713     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1996.10.3.02a00060     Document Type: Article

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