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Life experiences of patients who have completed tuberculosis treatment: a qualitative investigation in southeast Brazil

BACKGROUND: Despite being curable, tuberculosis is still a stigmatized disease. Not only is TB patients’ suffering due to its clinical manifestations, but also because of society’s prejudice, embarrassing situations, and even self-discrimination. This study aims to investigate psychosocial experienc...

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Autores principales: Dias, Ana Angélica Lima, de Oliveira, Daniela Maria Falcão, Turato, Egberto Ribeiro, de Figueiredo, Rosely Moralez
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3691587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23782670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-595