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Is Knowledge Regarding Tuberculosis Associated with Stigmatising and Discriminating Attitudes of General Population towards Tuberculosis Patients? Findings from a Community Based Survey in 30 Districts of India

BACKGROUND: Stigmatising and discriminating attitudes may discourage tuberculosis (TB) patients from actively seeking medical care, hide their disease status, and discontinue treatment. It is expected that appropriate knowledge regarding TB should remove stigmatising and discriminating attitudes. In...

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Autores principales: Sagili, Karuna D., Satyanarayana, Srinath, Chadha, Sarabjit S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26829713
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147274