Why do tuberculosis patients look for urgency and emergency unities for diagnosis: a study on social representation

Objective: To understand the social representations of patients and professionals working in the field of tuberculosis, on the reasons for seeking diagnosis and treatment in the emergency room and not in the primary health care units called Unidades Básicas de Saúde (UBS) or in the health program P...

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Main Authors: Regiane de Paula, Fernando Lefevre, Ana Maria Cavalcanti Lefevre, Vera Maria Neder Galesi, Daniela Schoeps
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva 2014-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2014000300600&lng=en&tlng=en