"I thought it was only ordinary fever!" cultural knowledge and the micropolitics of therapy seeking for childhood febrile illness in Tanzania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2945-2959

  Kamat, Vinay R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Illness narratives; Malaria; Misdiagnosis; New antimalarials; Tanzania; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE;

DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MALARIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARMACIES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33646154882     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.042     Document Type: Article

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