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DOCN M9620138
TI [Health care seeking behavior of patients with AIDS]
DT 9602
AU Talle A; Haram L; Heguye ES; Senter for internasjonal helse
Universitetet i Bergen Haukeland; Sykehus, Bergen.
SO Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1995 Oct 30;115(26):3284-5. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/96075119
AB We describe an anthropological study of the disease histories of ten
persons with AIDS in Tanzania. It focuses on the health care-seeking
behaviour of these patients. AIDS has many clinical manifestations, and
it is for these manifestations that the AIDS patient seeks treatment.
The case studies suggest that people with AIDS seek many different forms
of treatment, both biomedical and traditional, and will travel far and
wide to obtain the best possible treatment. People with AIDS are usually
discharged from the hospitals. The governmental health care service has
little to offer them in terms of care and medicine. A majority of the
AIDS sick are cared for at home by their own families. Home-based care
is an important factor in the management of the disease, but has a
number of constraints.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY/THERAPY *Attitude to
Health *Developing Countries English Abstract *Health Behavior
Health Services Accessibility Home Care Services Home Nursing Human
Tanzania JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).