Balancing authority, deference and trust across the public–private divide in health care: Tuberculosis health visitors in western Maharashtra, India

Global Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 975-992

  Kielmann, Karina ^a   Datye, Vinita ^b   Pradhan, Anagha ^b   Rangan, Sheela ^b  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

accountability; India; partnerships; private public mix; tuberculosis control

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ALLOPATHY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TRUST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TRANSMISSION;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; TRUST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84926061615     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.941898     Document Type: Article

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