       Document 0138
 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

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