Ethnological studies of medical sciences

Health Care–Seeking Practices of Pregnant Women and the Role of the Midwife in Cape Town, South Africa

“…International literature on health‐seeking practices, however, increasingly emphasizes the ways in which a complex interplay of supply and demand factors influence the availability of particular types of services. Less well recognized in medical circles is the role of demand factors, which are partially influenced by patients' explanatory models of health and ill health (10, 11), effectiveness (11), and perceptions of quality of care (12).…”

Health Care–Seeking Practices of Pregnant Women and the Role of the Midwife in Cape Town, South Africa

“…International literature on health‐seeking practices, however, increasingly emphasizes the ways in which a complex interplay of supply and demand factors influence the availability of particular types of services. Less well recognized in medical circles is the role of demand factors, which are partially influenced by patients' explanatory models of health and ill health (10, 11), effectiveness (11), and perceptions of quality of care (12).…”

Health Care–Seeking Practices of Pregnant Women and the Role of the Midwife in Cape Town, South Africa

“…International literature on health‐seeking practices, however, increasingly emphasizes the ways in which a complex interplay of supply and demand factors influence the availability of particular types of services. Less well recognized in medical circles is the role of demand factors, which are partially influenced by patients' explanatory models of health and ill health (10, 11), effectiveness (11), and perceptions of quality of care (12).…”

Health Care–Seeking Practices of Pregnant Women and the Role of the Midwife in Cape Town, South Africa

“…International literature on health‐seeking practices, however, increasingly emphasizes the ways in which a complex interplay of supply and demand factors influence the availability of particular types of services. Less well recognized in medical circles is the role of demand factors, which are partially influenced by patients' explanatory models of health and ill health (10, 11), effectiveness (11), and perceptions of quality of care (12).…”