A comparison of community and physician explanatory models of AIDS in Mexico and the United States

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-22

  Baer, Roberta D ^a   Weller, Susan C ^b   De Alba Garcia, Javier Garcia ^c   Salcedo Rocha, Ana L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cross cultural studies; Cultural consensus model; Mexico; United States

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 3042589463     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2004.18.1.3     Document Type: Article

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