Idle chatter or learning? Evidence of social learning about clinicians and the health system from rural Tanzania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-190

  Leonard, Kenneth L ^a   Adelman, Sarah W ^a,b   Essam, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Mount Holyoke   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor quality; Health systems; Learning; Social networks; Tanzania; Trust

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LEARNING; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOUSEHOLD; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL LEARNING; TANZANIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC OPINION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 67649404783     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.020     Document Type: Article

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