Language in tuberculosis services: Can we change to patient-centred terminology and stop the paradigm of blaming the patients?

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 714-717

  Zachariah, Rony ^a   Harries, A D ^b,c   Srinath, S ^d   Ram, S ^e   Viney, K ^f   Singogo, E ^g   Lal, P ^d   Mendoza Ticona, A ^h   Sreenivas, A ^d   Aung, N W ⁱ   Sharath, B N ^j   Kanyerere, H ^k   Van Soelen, N ^l   Kirui, N ^m   Ali, E ^a   Hinderaker, S G ⁿ   Bissell, K ^b   Enarson, D A ^b   Edginton, M E ^b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d South East Asia Office   (India)

^e FIJI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Fiji)

^f SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^g DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

ⁱ PSI/Myanmar   (Myanmar)

^j Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme   (India)

^k National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

^l STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^m MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Control; Defaulter; Language; Loss to follow up; Suspect; TB

Indexed keywords

DEFAULTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS SUSPECT;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COERCION; EMOTIONS; EUROPE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; LATIN AMERICA; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PATIENTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84861168861     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.11.0635     Document Type: Review

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