Managing uncertainty around HIV/AIDS in an urban setting: Private medical providers and their patients in Pune, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1540-1550

  Kielmann, Karina ^a   Deshmukh, Deepali ^b   Deshpande, Sucheta ^b   Datye, Vinita ^b   Porter, John ^a   Rangan, Sheela ^b  

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

^b Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India; Private medical sector; Private providers; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

DISEASE TREATMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; PUNE; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 22244439503     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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