Experiences and Perceptions of Patients Living With Hepatitis C in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-304

  Jiwani, Noureen Shehzad ^a   Gul, Raisa Begum ^a   Ali, Asho ^a   Salih, Mohammad ^a   Hanzala, Mehnaz ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

health care; hepatitis C; lived experience; Pakistan; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT;

HEALTH CARE; HEPATITIS C; LIVED EXPERIENCE; PAKISTAN; STIGMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879066137     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659613481674     Document Type: Article

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