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‘I can die today, I can die tomorrow’: lay perceptions of sickle cell disease in Kumasi, Ghana at a point of transition

Objective. To describe the lay meanings of sickle cell disease (SCD) in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Design. Depth interviews with 31 fathers of people with SCD; a focus group with health professionals associated with the newborn sickle cell screening programme, and a focus group with mothers of chi...

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Autores principales: Dennis-Antwi, Jemima A., Culley, Lorraine, Hiles, David R., Dyson, Simon M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21797730
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2010.531249