Patients' experiences of an intervention to support tuberculosis treatment adherence in South Africa

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Atkins, Salla ^a,b   Biles, David ^c   Lewin, Simon ^a,d   Ringsberg, Karin ^e   Thorson, Anna ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DRUG PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TENSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954293477     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jhsrp.2010.009111     Document Type: Article

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