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With free health services, why does the Brazilian working class delay in seeing the doctor?
Tropical Doctor
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
The length of delay in seeing a physician was related to perceived difficulty in access to services and to scepticism and doubt about the effectiveness of medical care. Attention is called to the importance of the doctor-patient relationship in fostering prompt patient action.
Keywords:
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