'Experts', 'partners' and 'fools': Exploring agency in HIV treatment seeking among African migrants in London

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 736-743

  Thomas, Felicity ^a   Aggleton, Peter ^c   Anderson, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African migrant; Agency; Biomedicine; HIV; Knowledge; Legitimacy; Traditional medicine; UK

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MIGRATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONDON; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 75849124096     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.063     Document Type: Article

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