How Do Patients and Health Workers Interact around Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Testing, and How Are the Tests Experienced by Patients in Practice? A Qualitative Study in Western Uganda
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How Do Patients and Health Workers Interact around Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Testing, and How Are the Tests Experienced by Patients in Practice? A Qualitative Study in Western Uganda
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Keywords
Malaria, Diagnostic medicine, Health care providers, Fevers, Communication in health care, Drug therapy, Antimalarials, Communications
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages e0159525
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2016-08-06
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0159525
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