The fake patient: A research experiment in a Ghanaian hospital

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1373-1381

  Van Der Geest, Sjaak ^a   Sarkodie, Samuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Ghana; Hospital; Participant observation; Research methodology; Unobtrusive observation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ETHICS; EXPERIMENT; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FAMILY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TOILET FACILITIES;

EID: 0031666233     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00179-8     Document Type: Article

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