Experiencing leprosy: Perceiving and coping with leprosy and its treatment. A qualitative study conducted in Nepal

Leprosy Review

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-337

  Heijnders, M L ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPROSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WOUND;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEPROSTATIC AGENTS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 12444269955     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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