Urban private practitioners: Potential partners in the care of patients with HIV/AIDS

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-36

  Sheikh, Kabir ^a   Rangan, Sheela ^a   Deshmukh, Deepali ^a   Dholakia, Yatin ^a   Porter, John ^b  

^a Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ISONIAZID; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN AREA;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIVATE SECTOR; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 17144415505     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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