Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 217-222 , August 2011

A qualitative study of caregivers’ expectations and communication desires during medical consultation for sick children in Uganda

  • Sarah Kiguli

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Makerere University, P.O. Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. Tel.: +256 414 531 875; fax: +256 414 532 204.
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  • David Mafigiri

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
    • ,
  • Janet Nakigudde

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
    • ,
  • Jan van Dalen

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Cees van der Vleuten

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 15 May 2009 ,Revised 23 April 2010 ,Accepted 8 July 2010.

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PII: S0738-3991(10)00416-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.07.015

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 84, Issue 2 , Pages 217-222 , August 2011

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