New therapeutic landscapes in Africa: Parental categories and practices in seeking infant health in the Republic of Guinea

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2157-2167

  Leach, Melissa A ^a   Fairhead, James R ^a   Millimouno, Dominique ^b   Diallo, Alpha Ahmadou ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre Universitaire de la Recherche sur le Developpement   (Guinea)

^c Department of Family Studies and Human Development   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Guinea; Health services utilisation; Health system development; Therapeutic landscapes; Therapeutic pluralism; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CITIZENSHIP; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MEDICINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL FEE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; URBAN AREA;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FEMALE; GHANA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WEST VIRGINIA;

AFRICA; GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 41949110766     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.039     Document Type: Article

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