Utilization of family members to provide hospital care in Malawi: The role of hospital guardians

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 74-78

  Hoffman, M ^a   Mofolo, I ^b   Salima, C ^b   Hoffman, I ^c   Zadrozny, S ^c   Martinson, F ^b   Van Der Horst, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREGIVERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAWI; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874237685     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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