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'We call it the shaking illness': perceptions and experiences of Parkinson's disease in rural northern Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Parkinson disease (PD) causes physical disability that negatively affects the quality of life of the sufferer's and their families. There are no Parkinson's disease (PD) social science studies published from Africa. This paper presents findings from a qualitative research study...

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Autores principales: Mshana, Gerry, Dotchin, Catherine L, Walker, Richard W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21477284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-219