Treatment-seeking behaviour among the Nasioi people of Bougainville: Choosing between traditional and western medicine

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-168

  MacFarlane, Joan Elizabeth ^a   Alpers, Michael P ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health care preferences; Health care systems; Papua New Guinea; Traditional medicine; Treatment seeking behaviour; Western medicine

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL PLANNING; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICINE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SKIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WESTERN MEDICINE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BOUGAINVILLE; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 66949170326     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850802546588     Document Type: Article

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