"even if the test result is negative, they should be able to tell us what is wrong with us": A qualitative study of patient expectations of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ansah, Evelyn K ^a   Reynolds, Joanna ^b   Akanpigbiam, Samson ^a   Whitty, Christopher J M ^b   Chandler, Clare I R ^b  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

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

Author keywords

ACT; Diagnosis; Expectations; Malaria; Patient perceptions; Rapid diagnostic tests; Targeting; Test driven

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST; WEAKNESS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; GHANA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALARIA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84880335914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-258     Document Type: Article

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