Pneumonia perceptions and management: An ethnographic study in urban squatter settlements of Karachi, Pakistan

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 991-1004

  Hussain, Rafat ^a   Lobo, Melvyn A ^a   Inam, Bazmi ^a   Khan, Amanullah ^a   Qureshi, Asma Fozia ^a   Marsh, David ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Childhood pneumonia; Maternal perceptions; Medical anthropology; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH BELIEFS; PNUEMONIA;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPECTATION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETHARGY; MORBIDITY; NOMENCLATURE; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; SYMPTOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION;

PAKISTAN, KARACHI;

EID: 0030789450     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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