Everyday burden of musculoskeletal conditions among villagers in rural Botswana: A focused ethnography

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 449-455

  Hondras, Maria ^a   Hartvigsen, Jan ^a   Myburgh, Corrie ^a   Johannessen, Helle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Botswana; Burden of illness; Chronic pain; Disability; Joints; Musculoskeletal system; Qualitative research; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BOTSWANA; CAREGIVERS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964691200     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2083     Document Type: Article

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