City tuberculosis control coordinators' perspectives of patient adherence to DOT in São Paulo State, Brazil, 2005

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 527-531

  Arcencio R A ^a,b   Oliveira, M F ^a,b   Cardozo Gonzales, R I ^b   Ruffino Netto, A ^a   Pinto, I C ^a   Villa, Tereza C S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian TB Research Network REDE TB   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bonding; DOT; Health planning; Patient adherence; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

BRAZIL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 43949104821     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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