Perceived Stigmatization Levels of Patients with Tuberculosis Applying to Tuberculosis Dispensaries in Istanbul


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Hıdıroğlu S., Sarioz A., Ozdemir M., Lüleci N. E., Karavuş M.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, cilt.9, ss.29-33, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

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Objective: In Turkey, tuberculosis (TB) is considered to be one of the formerly known social diseases. Similar researches exists for AIDS in many countries. There are very few publications about the tuberculosis stigma in our country at international level. This study aimed to assess tuberculosis-related stigma levels and associated factors in patients with tuberculosis applying to tuberculosis dispensaries.