Guidelines and mindlines: Why do clinical staff over-diagnose malaria in Tanzania? A qualitative study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chandler, Clare I R ^a   Jones, Caroline ^a   Boniface, Gloria ^b   Juma, Kaseem ^b   Reyburn, Hugh ^a,b   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a  

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

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TANZANIA; ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TANZANIA;

EID: 42249096617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-53     Document Type: Article

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