Patients' perspectives on hospitalisation: Experiences from a cancer ward in Kenya

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-131

  Mulemi, Benson A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Co operation; Experiences; Hospitalisation; In patients; Kenya; Perspectives; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; ONCOLOGY WARD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 46449086195     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470802122032     Document Type: Article

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