Provider-patient interaction in rural Cameroon-How it relates to the patient's understanding of diagnosis and prescribed drugs, the patient's concept of illness, and access to therapy

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Labhardt, Niklaus Daniel ^a   Schiess, Kaspar ^b   Manga, Engelbert ^c   Langewitz, Wolf ^d  

^a Office of the Surgeon General Basel Stadt   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Communication; Concept of illness; Patient education; Primary health care in Africa; Provider patient interaction; Roter Interaction Analysis System

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAMEROON; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; TAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650572731     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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