Injections and self-help: Risk and trust in Ugandan health care

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1455-1462

  Birungi, Harriet ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Domestication; Health systems; Injection practices; Personalization; Risk perceptions and trust; Therapeutic relations; Uganda

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SELF HELP;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJECTION; RISK FACTOR; SYRINGE; UGANDA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; UGANDA;

UGANDA;

EID: 0032212411     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00194-4     Document Type: Article

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