Professionalism, patient satisfaction and quality of health care: Experience during Zimbabwe's structural adjustment programme

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1845-1852

  Bassett, Mary Travis ^a   Bijlmakers, Leon ^a   Sanders, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Patient satisfaction; Professionalism; Quality of care; Structural adjustment; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH WORKERS; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; USER FEES;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; ZIMBABWE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030833138     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00122-6     Document Type: Article

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