Acceptable care? Illness constructions, healthworlds, and accessible chronic treatment in South Africa

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 622-635

  Fried, Jana ^a   Harris, Bronwyn ^b   Eyles, John ^b,c   Moshabela, Mosa ^d  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa, South; health care; health care, access to; health care, users' experiences; HIV AIDS; illness and disease, chronic; illness and disease, infectious; illness and disease, social construction; interviews, semistructured; relationships, patient provider; research, qualitative; social constructionism; tuberculosis (TB)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; POLITICS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926459041     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732315575315     Document Type: Article

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