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Seeking care for epilepsy and its impacts on households in a rural district in southern Malawi

BACKGROUND: Epilepsy is a disability as defined in the 2012 Disability Act of the Government of Malawi. OBJECTIVES: This article explores the health-seeking behaviour of people with epilepsy in a rural town in southern Malawi and how having a person with epilepsy impacts on the households’ productiv...

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Autores principales:	Munthali, Alister, Braathen, Stine H., Grut, Lisbet, Kamaleri, Yusman, Ingstad, Benedicte
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS OpenJournals 2013
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442585/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28729991 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajod.v2i1.54

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