Shaping healthcare-seeking processes during fatal illness in resource-poor settings. A study in Lao PDR

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Alvesson, Helle M ^a   Lindelow, Magnus ^b   Khanthaphat, Bouasavanh ^c   Laflamme, Lucie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c IRL Building   (Laos)

Author keywords

Health systems; Healthcare seeking behavior; Lao PDR; Maternal and child mortality; Qualitative interviews

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFANT; LAOS; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LAOS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINALLY ILL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871377313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-477     Document Type: Article

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