Social support in the practices of informal providers: The case of patent and proprietary medicine vendors in Nigeria

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-25

  Sieverding, Maia ^a   Liu, Jenny ^a   Beyeler, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicine vendors; Nigeria; Professional associations; Provider reputation; Social support

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; MICROENTERPRISE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPRIETARY AND PATENT MEDICINE VENDOR; REINFORCEMENT; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

NIGERIA;

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

COMMERCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NIGERIA; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84940513509     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.08.037     Document Type: Article

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