Paradox in treatment seeking: An experience from Rural Sri Lanka

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-372

  Weerasinghe, Manuj C ^a   Fernando, Dulitha N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

access to; economics of; health behavior; health care; interviews; traditional and folk medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AYURVEDA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA;

EID: 79952305386     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732310385009     Document Type: Article

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