Tackling tuberculosis patients' internalized social stigma through patient centred care: An intervention study in rural Nicaragua

• Main Authors: Martinez Guillermo (Author), Solis Alejandro (Author), Macq Jean (Author), Martiny Patrick (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: BMC, 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>We report a patient-centered intervention study in 9 municipalities of rural Nicaragua aiming at a reduction of internalized social stigma in new AFB positive tuberculosis (TB) patients diagnosed between March 2004 and July 2005.<...