Fighting TB requires empowered patients.
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I was 16 when I first started coughing. It was in the middle of school exams. After months of coughing non-stop, I had a chest x ray and it was confirmed. “You have TB,” my general practitioner said. These three words changed my life. I didn’t know anything about this disease. I was about to start university. Everything changed. From a young person filled with hope I became an anxious patient. No information
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 356 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017