The role of gender in patient-provider trust for tuberculosis treatment

Background: In South Africa, tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death, and Cape Town is among the three cities in the country with the highest TB burden. Despite implementation of Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course (DOTS), and improvements in the organisation and delivery of TB care, po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Govender, Veloshnee
Other Authors: Gilson, Lucy
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27432