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Volume 35, issue 12 , 1992
Can ethnography save the life of medical ethics? pp. 1421-1431
Barry Hoffmaster
Innovation in primary care: Community health services in Mexico and the United States pp. 1433-1443
Margaret Sherrard Sherraden and Steven P. Wallace
Workable competition in health care: Prospects for the Dutch design pp. 1445-1455
Frederik T. Schut
The anthropology of sexually transmitted disease in Liberia pp. 1457-1468
Edward C. Green
Led (astray) by genetic maps: The cartography of the human genome and health care pp. 1469-1476
A. Lippman
Primary care training for patent medicine vendors in rural Nigeria pp. 1477-1484
Frederick O. Oshiname and William R. Brieger
Fair law, unfair practices? Benefiting from protective legislation for pregnant workers in Italy and France pp. 1485-1495
Patrizia Romito and Marie-Josèphe Saurel-Cubizolles
The gap between legal rules and practice in advertising non-registered pharmaceutical products: A new method of analysis pp. 1497-1504
N. F. Wieringa , A. H. R. de Meijer , M. D. B. Schutjens and R. Vos
A study of quality of life in cancer patients receiving palliative chemotherapy pp. 1505-1509
S. A. Payne
The relationship between work stress and oral health status pp. 1511-1520
Wagner Segura Marcenes and Aubrey Sheiham
Optimizing bereavement outcome: Reading the road ahead pp. 1521-1523
Ann Couldrick
Disease concordances amongst marital partners: Not 'way of life' or mortality data artifact pp. 1525-1533
Fiona Jones and Fletcher, Ben (C. )
Volume 35, issue 11 , 1992
Research capacity building in international health: Definitions, evaluations and strategies for success pp. 1321-1324
James Trostle
Developing partnerships for health and social science research: The International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) social science component pp. 1325-1327
Nick Higginbotham
A strategy for promoting improved pharmaceutical use: The international network for rational use of drugs pp. 1329-1341
Dennis Ross-Degnan , Richard Laing , Jonathan Quick , Hassan Mohamed Ali , David Ofori-Adjei , Lateef Salako and Budiono Santoso
The potential of transdisciplinary research for sustaining and extending linkages between the health and social sciences pp. 1343-1357
Patricia L. Rosenfield
Local knowledge: Research capacity building in international health pp. 1359-1367
Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good
Manuals for ethnographic data collection: Experience and issues pp. 1369-1378
Elizabeth Herman and Margaret E. Bentley
Building applied health research capacity in less-developed countries: Problems encountered by the ADDR project pp. 1379-1387
James Trostle and Jonathon Simon
Developing applied medical anthropology in third world countries: Problems and actions pp. 1389-1395
Pertti J. Pelto and Gretel H. Pelto
Balancing relevance and excellence: Organizational responses to link research with decision making pp. 1397-1404
Julio Frenk
Theory-driven behavioral intervention research for the control of diarrheal diseases pp. 1405-1420
Bonita Stanton , Robert Black , Patrice Engle and Gretel Pelto
Volume 35, issue 10 , 1992
Caribbean transformations: Introduction pp. 1211-1213
Carolyn F. Sargent and Linda M. Whiteford
Contemporary health care and the colonial and neo-colonial experience: The case of the Dominican Republic pp. 1215-1223
Linda M. Whiteford
Transformations in maternity services in Jamaica pp. 1225-1232
Carolyn Sargent and Joan Rawlins
Social factors mediating social class differences in blood pressure in a Jamaican community pp. 1233-1244
William W. Dressler , Gerald A. C. Grell , Philip N. Gallagher and Fernando E. Viteri
West Indian gender relations, family planning programs and fertility decline pp. 1245-1257
W. Penn Handwerker
The effect of parental age, birth order and other variables on early childhood mortality: A Caribbean example pp. 1259-1271
Ann W. Brittain
Family planning in St Vincent, West Indies: A population history perspective pp. 1273-1282
Jean Gearing
Social inequities in cardiovascular disease risk factors in East and West Germany pp. 1283-1292
Uwe Helmert , Andreas Mielck and Elvira Classen
An occupational health programme for adults and children in the carpet weaving industry, Mirzapur, India: A case study in the informal sector pp. 1293-1302
P. K. Das , K. P. Shukla and F. G. Öry
The costs of diabetes and its complications pp. 1303-1310
Brenda Leese
Depression and self-esteem: Rapid screening for depression in black, low literacy, hospitalized tuberculosis patients pp. 1311-1315
Margaret S. Westaway and Liezel Wolmarans
Contributions of the proximate determinants to fertility change in Senegal pp. 1317-1320
Nelson Onuoha
Volume 35, issue 9 , 1992
Ethics are local: Engaging cross-cultural variation in the ethics for clinical research pp. 1079-1091
Nicholas A. Christakis
Culture, meaning and disability: Injury prevention campaigns and the production of stigma pp. 1093-1102
Caroline Wang
The relationship between consumption and worker productivity: Nutrition and economic approaches pp. 1103-1113
Patrice A. Korjenek
On the edge: Ward-rounds in a South African psychiatric emergency department pp. 1115-1122
Leslie Swartz
Exploratory analysis of children's nutrition programs in Canada pp. 1123-1129
Lynn McIntyre and Jutta B. Dayle
Is users' knowledge about contraceptives adequate? A case study of finnish IUD users pp. 1131-1136
Katri Makkonen , Elina Hemminki and Antti Uutela
Accounting for differences: Dutch training nurses and their views on migrant women pp. 1137-1144
Joke van der Zwaard
Exploration of doctor and patient agendas in general practice consultations pp. 1145-1155
N.M. Butler , P.D. Campion and A.D. Cox
Influence of bed supply and health care organization on regional and local patterns of diabetes related hospitalization pp. 1157-1170
Laurie J. Brown and J.Ross Barnett
Church-based obstetric care in a Yoruba community, Nigeria pp. 1171-1178
Jacob Ayodele Adetunji
Marital status and infant health outcomes pp. 1179-1187
Trude Bennett
Psychosocial factors influencing non-urgent use of the emergency room: A review of the literature and recommendations for research and improved service delivery pp. 1189-1197
Deborah K. Padgett and Beth Brodsky
Fertility differentials among the Ijo in Southern Nigeria: Does urban residence make a difference? pp. 1199-1210
Marida Hollos and Ulla Larsen
Volume 35, issue 8 , 1992
Discrimination towards disabled people seeking employment pp. 951-958
Jean-François Ravaud , Béatrice Madiot and Isabelle Ville
Sociology in American medical education since the 1960s: The rhetoric of reform pp. 959-965
Katarina Wegar
Maternal health and the measurement trap pp. 967-977
Wendy J. Graham and Oona M. R. Campbell
Costs of home care for advanced breast and cervical cancer in relation to cost-effectiveness of screening pp. 979-985
Marc A. Koopmanschap , B. Martin van Ineveld and Theo E. M. Miltenburg
Primary care in accident and emergency and general practice: A comparison pp. 987-995
Judith Green and Jeremy Dale
Regular pattern of preventive dental services--A measure of access pp. 997-1001
John F. Newman and Helen C. Gift
Sickness impact profile: The state of the art of a generic functional status measure pp. 1003-1014
A. F. de Bruin , L. P. de Witte , F. Stevens and J. P. M. Diederiks
Drug retailer training: Experiences from Nepal pp. 1015-1025
Kumud K. Kafle , Ritu Prasad Gartoulla , Y. M. S. Pradhan , A. D. Shrestha , S. B. Karkee and Jonathan D. Quick
Deriving a survey measure of social support: The reliability and validity of the close persons questionnaire pp. 1027-1035
Stephen Stansfeld and Michael Marmot
The use of herbal and other agents to enhance sexual experience pp. 1037-1042
Agnes Runganga , Marian Pitts and McMaster John
Mothers' fear of child death due to acute diarrhoea: A study in urban and rural communities in Northern Punjab, Pakistan pp. 1043-1053
Iftikhar A. Malik , Noreen Bukhtiari , Mary-Jo D. Good , Muhammad Iqbal , Seema Azim , Muhammad Nawaz , Lubna Ashraf , Ruby Bhatty and Aftab Ahmed
The effects of variations in AFDC and medicaid eligibility on prenatal care use pp. 1055-1063
Andrew F. Coburn and Thomas P. McDonald
Behavior change strategies for family planning pp. 1065-1076
John P. Elder and Jacqueline D. Estey
Volume 35, issue 7 , 1992
An epidemic in the field? Rapid assessment procedures and health research pp. 839-850
Lenore Manderson and Peter Aaby
Immunization coverage, infant morbidity and infant mortality in freetown, Sierra Leone pp. 851-856
Ruhul Amin , Robert B. Hill , S.A.T.P. Horton , Clifford Kamara and Jamir Chowdhury
Global budgeting of hospitals in Hong Kong pp. 857-868
David K.W. Chu
The psychological and social condition of hypertensives resistant to pharmacological treatment pp. 869-875
Hans Isaksson , Kristofer Konarski and Töres Theorell
Re-assessing disability: The impact of schistosomal infection on daily activities among women in Gezira Province, Sudan pp. 877-890
Melissa Parker
Mother sold food, daughter sells her body: The cultural continuity of prostitution pp. 891-901
Margorie A. Muecke
Oral contraceptive marketing in Ibadan, Nigeria pp. 903-906
E. Afolabi Bamgboye and O.A. Lapido
Artificial donor insemination in Yaounde: Some socio-cultural considerations pp. 907-913
Olayinka Margaret Njikam Savage
Marital status, fatness and obesity pp. 915-923
Jeffrey Sobal , Barbara S. Rauschenbach and Edward A. Frongillo
His and hers: Male and female anatomy in anatomy texts for U.S. medical students, 1890-1989 pp. 925-934
Susan C. Lawrence and Kae Bendixen
Self-assessed health among Norwegian adults pp. 935-947
Moum, Torbjoârn
Volume 35, issue 6 , 1992
Introduction pp. 747-751
Annemiek Richters
The needs of women versus the interests of family planning personnel, policy-makers and researchers: Conflicting views on safety and acceptability of contraceptives pp. 753-766
Anita Petra Hardon
The abortion pill: A solution for unsafe abortions in developing countries? pp. 767-776
Amanda Le Grand
Female circumcision and gender identity: A questionable alliance? pp. 777-787
Anke Van Der Kwaak
The value of symphyseotomy compared with caesarean section in cases of obstructed labour: Medical and anthropological considerations pp. 789-793
Elly Engelkes and Jos Van Roosmalen
Mothers, injections and poliomyelitis pp. 795-798
H. V. Wyatt
The importance of extremes: The social implications of intra-household variation in child mortality pp. 799-810
Murray Last
Training urban traditional birth attendants: Balancing international policy and local reality: Preliminary evidence from the slums of India on the attitudes and practice of clients and practitioners pp. 811-817
Carolyn Stephens
The rise of female healers in the middle Atlas, Morocco pp. 819-829
Jogien Bakker
Planning and evaluating women's participation in primary health care pp. 831-837
Carol MacCormack
Volume 35, issue 5 , 1992
Elephantiasis: A disease of development in North East Ghana pp. 627-645
John M. Hunter
Who to blame? What to do? pp. 645-648
Robert Stock
Rejoinder pp. 648-649
John M. Hunter
Going to extremes: The cultural context of stress, illness and coping in Antarctica pp. 651-664
Lawrence A. Palinkas
Male and female morbidity in general practice: The nature of sex differences pp. 665-678
Cecile M.T.Gijsbers van Wijk , Annemarie M. Kolk , Wil J.H.M. van Den Bosch and Henk J.M. Van Den Hoogen
Adolescence and health inequalities: Extensions to macintyre and west pp. 679-687
Anthony Glendinning , John G. Love , Leo B. Hendry and Janet Shucksmith
Health and nutrition effects of cash crop production in developing countries: A comparative analysis pp. 689-697
Eileen Kennedy , Howarth Bouis and Joachim von Braun
Psychometric investigation of a belief system: Caregiving to the chronically ill parent pp. 699-709
Steven M. Albert
On the seclusion of psychiatric patients pp. 711-721
Julia S. Brown and Sharon K. Tooke
A shamanic etiology of affliction from western nepal pp. 723-734
Gregory G. Maskarinec
Alcohol consumption among male reindeer herders of lappish and finnish origin pp. 735-738
Kari Poikolainen , Simo Näyhä and Juhani Hassi
Infant mortality and illegitimacy pp. 739-740
David Lester
Volume 35, issue 4 , 1992
Assessment of the outcomes of health intervention pp. 359-365
Rosmarie Erben , Peter Franzkowiak and Eberhard Wenzel
Assessment of outcomes of health intervention pp. 367-375
C. David Jenkins
Changes in disease patterns and related social trends pp. 377-387
John Powles
Changes in disease patterns and related social trends pp. 389-399
Antti Uutela and Jaakko Tuomilehto
On the epistemology of risk: Language, logic and social science pp. 401-407
Michael V. Hayes
Cultural influences in community participation in health pp. 409-417
Linda Stone
Cultural and structural influences in the creation of and participation in community health programmes pp. 419-424
G. B. Woelk
Dying with dignity pp. 425-432
T. N. Madan
To die with dignity pp. 433-441
Leonor Sampaio
Birth order and health: Major issues pp. 443-452
Barbara A. Elliott
The effects of family position and status on health pp. 453-464
Sally Macintyre
Equity and efficiency in health care pp. 465-469
Donald W. Light
Substance abuse and control in the united states: Ethical and legal issues pp. 471-479
Michael D. Newcomb
Ethical and legal issues in the control of drug abuse and drug trafficking: The Nigerian case pp. 481-493
Isidore S. Obot
Ethical and legal implications of the new genetics: Issues for discussion pp. 495-505
Dorothy C. Wertz
Health and social problems of refugees pp. 507-513
Lord Clinton-Davis and Yohannes Fassil
New paradigms for refugee health problems pp. 515-523
Marjorie A. Muecke
Health care consequences of the European economic community in 1993 and beyond pp. 525-529
Per-Gunnar Svensson and Patricia Stephenson
Impediments to basing government health policies on science in the United States pp. 531-540
Michael Greenberg
Realities of health for all by the year 2000 pp. 541-547
Tom Rathwell
The role of doctors as health care managers: An international perspective pp. 549-555
Luis Durán-Arenas , Murielle Bendeck Asfura and Julio Frenk Mora
Doctors as managers: Poachers turned gamekeepers? pp. 557-566
David J. Hunter
High cost technology in health care: A benefit or a burden? pp. 567-577
Frans F. H. Rutten and Gouke J. Bonsel
Challenges to understanding spatial patterns of disease: Philosophical alternatives to logical positivism pp. 579-587
Jonathan D. Mayer
Threats to the world eco-system: A role for the social scientists pp. 589-596
Bharat Desai
Existential ecology: The human/natural world pp. 597-602
Sally Gadow
The use and value of qualitative methods in health research in developing countries pp. 603-612
Derek Yach
Women's access to health care in developing countries pp. 613-617
Durrenda Nash Ojanuga and Cathy Gilbert
Women and access to health care pp. 619-626
Cristina Puentes-Markides
Volume 35, issue 3 , 1992
The genetic analysis of human behavior: A new era? pp. 227-238
Paul R. Billings , Jonathan Beckwith and Joseph S. Alper
Community health promotion programs pp. 239-249
S. Fincham
The negotiation of death: Clinical decision making at the end of life pp. 251-259
Jacquelyn Slomka
The psychosocial review of systems pp. 261-269
Richard J. Goldberg and Dennis H. Novack
Determinants and dimensions involved in self-evaluation of health pp. 271-279
Knut Fýlkesnes and Olav Helge Førde
Varied potential risks of HIV infection among prostitutes pp. 281-286
Lois Jackson , Alexàndra Highcrest and Randall A. Coates
Responses to the institution among elderly patients in hospital long-stay care pp. 287-293
P. F. Higgs , L. D. MacDonald and M. C. Ward
Physician satisfaction, professional characteristics and behavior formalization in hospitals pp. 295-303
Fred Stevens , Joseph Diederiks and Hans Philipsen
A comparative study of abused and neglected American Indian children in the Southwest pp. 305-315
Lemyra M. DeBruyn , Carol Chiago Lujan and Philip A. May
Do Australian researchers accept committee review and conduct ethical research? pp. 317-322
Paul M. McNeill , Catherine A. Berglund and Ian W. Webster
Joining a healing community for cancer: Who and why? pp. 323-333
Carol E. Sutherland and Michael S. Goldstein
Indigenous mortality: Placing Australian aboriginal mortality within a broader context pp. 335-346
Robert S. Hogg
Verbal exchanges in medical interviews: Concepts and measurement pp. 347-355
William B. Stiles and Samuel M. Putnam
Volume 35, issue 2 , 1992
Psychosocial problems in primary care: Some results from the Dutch national study of morbidity and interventions in general practice pp. 105-110
Peter F. M. Verhaak and Marja A. R. Tijhuis
Policy directions in urban health in developing countries--The slum improvement approach pp. 111-120
Trudy Harpham and Carolyn Stephens
Sexually transmitted disease, ethnomedicine and health policy in Africa pp. 121-130
Edward C. Green
Malaria: Ethnomedical perceptions and practice in an Adangbe farming community and implications for control pp. 131-137
Irene Akua Agyepong
Quality of life in patients with resected oesophageal cancer pp. 139-145
F. C. E. van Knippenberg , J. J. Out , H. W. Tilanus , H. J. Mud , W. C. J. Hop and F. Verhage
Syphilis, sex and crack cocaine: Images of risk and morality pp. 147-160
Martha Balshem , Gary Oxman , Deborah van Rooyen and Kathy Girod
Economic appraisal of asthma and COPD care: A literature review 1980-1991 pp. 161-175
Maureen P.M.H. , Rutten-Van Mölken , Eddy K.A. Van Doorslaer and Frans F. H. Rutten
Kidney procurement policies in the eurotransplant region: 'Opting in' versus 'opting out' pp. 177-182
William Kokkedee
From illness to symbol and symbol to illness pp. 183-188
Richard W. Lieban
A classification of psychological distress for use in primary care settings pp. 189-193
David Goldberg
Mortality from selected cancers in NSW and Sydney, Australia pp. 195-208
. H. Burnley
Professional reimbursement and management of time in general practice: An international comparison pp. 209-216
Michael Calnan , Peter P. Groenewegen and Jack Hutten
Integrating conflicting professional roles: Physician participation in randomized clinical trials pp. 217-224
Kathryn M. Taylor
Volume 35, issue 1 , 1992
Reckless driving, casual sex and shoplifting: What psychiatric categories, culture and history reveal about each other pp. 1-2
Charles W. Nuckolls
From DSM-I to III-R; voices of self, mastery and the other: A cultural constructivist reading of U.S. psychiatric classification pp. 3-24
Atwood D. Gaines
Structured ambiguity and the definition of psychiatric illness: Adjustment disorder among medical inpatients pp. 25-35
Donald Pollock
Toward a cultural history of the personality disorders pp. 37-47
Charles W. Nuckolls
The social construction of premenstrual syndrome pp. 49-56
Mari Rodin
Psychiatry as social ordering: Anorexia nervosa, a paradigm pp. 57-71
Helen Gremillion
Adolescence as a culture-bound syndrome pp. 73-80
Robert F. Hill and J. Dennis Fortenberry
DSM-III-R and religion pp. 81-90
Stephen G. Post
The role of culture in a theory of psychiatric illness pp. 91-103
Horacio Fabrega