Social Science & Medicine

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1998, volume 46, articles 12

Gender, socioeconomic status and family status as determinants of food behaviour pp. 1519-1529

Eva Roos, Eero Lahelma, Mikko Virtanen, Ritva Prättälä and Pirjo Pietinen

A problem-solving approach to nutrition education with Filipino mothers pp. 1531-1541

Cynthia J. Ticao and Frances E. Aboud

Social class differences in health until the age of seven years among the Finnish 1987 birth cohort pp. 1543-1552

Mika Gissler, Ossi Rahkonen, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin and Elina Hemminki

Interpreting bodily changes as illness: a longitudinal study of older adults pp. 1553-1567

Marie R. Haug, Carol M. Musil, Camille D. Warner and Diana L. Morris

The World Health Organization quality of life assessment (WHOQOL): Development and general psychometric properties pp. 1569-1585

The Whoqol Group

Contextual determinants of maternal mortality in rural Pakistan pp. 1587-1598

Farid Midhet, Stan Becker and Heinz W. Berendes

Genes, free will, and criminal responsibility pp. 1599-1611

Joseph S. Alper

Physician administrators and the reorganization of federally sponsored treatment research for AIDS pp. 1613-1622

Mary-Rose Mueller

Breast cancer in West Islip, NY: A spatial clustering analysis with covariates pp. 1623-1635

Linda M. Timander and Sara McLafferty

The refugee crisis in Africa and implications for health and disease: a political ecology approach pp. 1637-1653

Ezekiel Kalipeni and Joseph Oppong

1998, volume 46, articles 11

Is the effect of job strain on myocardial infarction risk due to interaction between high psychological demands and low decision latitude? Results from Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP) pp. 1405-1415

Johan Hallqvist, Finn Diderichsen, Töres Theorell, Christina Reuterwall and Anders Ahlbom

Gender, work roles and psychosocial work characteristics as determinants of health pp. 1417-1424

Sharon Matthews, Clyde Hertzman, Aleck Ostry and Chris Power

An epidemic of collective conversion and dissociation disorder in an indigenous group of Colombia: its relation to cultural change pp. 1425-1428

Marion Piñeros, Diego Rosselli and Claudia Calderon

Creating invariant subscales of the GHQ-30 pp. 1429-1440

Joyce Whittington and Felicia A. Huppert

Private practitioners in the slums of Karachi: what quality of care do they offer? pp. 1441-1449

Inayat H. Thaver, Trudy Harpham, Barbara McPake and Paul Garner

Socioeconomic status, mortality, and the development of cataract at a young age pp. 1451-1457

David R. Meddings, Clyde Hertzman, Morris L. Barer, Robert G. Evans, Arminée Kazanjian, Kimberlyn McGrail and Samuel B. Sheps

Mortality by occupational class among men 30-64Â years in 11 European countries pp. 1459-1476

Anton E. Kunst, Feikje Groenhof and Johan P. Mackenbach

Patients' perceptions of their heart attack and recovery: the influence of epidemiological "evidence" and personal experience pp. 1477-1486

Rose Wiles

"Breaking the bureaucracy": drug registration and neocolonial relations in Egypt pp. 1487-1494

Robert A. Rubinstein

To supplant, supplement or support? Organisational issues for hospices pp. 1495-1504

Sheila Payne

Home birth or short-stay hospital birth in a low risk population in the Netherlands pp. 1505-1511

T. A. Wiegers, J. van der Zee, J. J. Kerssens and M. J. N. C. Keirse

1998, volume 46, articles 10

The international conferences on the Social Sciences and Medicine 1968-1996. An abridged history pp. 1255-1260

Peter J. M. McEwan

Medical theories, science, and the practice of medicine pp. 1261-1270

Rachel Lewinsohn

Latino parents' perception of their children's health status pp. 1271-1274

Emily Arcia

Adolescent sexual and reproductive behavior: a review of the evidence from India pp. 1275-1290

Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

The treatment of infants and young children suffering respiratory tract infection and diarrhoeal disease in a rural community in Southeast Indonesia pp. 1291-1302

Jocelyn Grace

Why resort to illegal abortion in Zambia? Findings of a community-based study in Western Province pp. 1303-1312

Winny Koster-Oyekan

Abortion, revised: participants in the U.S. clinical trials evaluate mifepristone pp. 1313-1323

Wendy Simonds, Charlotte Ellertson, Kimberly Springer and Beverly Winikoff

Migration and acculturation among Samoans: some sources of stress and support pp. 1325-1336

Joel M. Hanna

The self-reported health status of lone parents pp. 1337-1353

Michaela Benzeval

Self-perceived health in East and West Europe: another European health divide pp. 1355-1366

Per Carlson

Attitudes towards genetic testing: analysis of contradictions pp. 1367-1374

P. Jallinoja, A. Hakonen, A. R. Aro, P. Niemelä, M. Hietala, J. Lönnqvist, L. Peltonen and P. Aula

Patient charges -- a hindrance to financially and psychosocially disadvantage groups seeking care pp. 1375-1380

Stig Elofsson, Anna-Lena Undén and Ingvar Krakau

An event history analysis of age at last menstrual period: correlates of natural and surgical menopause among midlife Wisconsin women pp. 1381-1396

Diane S. Shinberg

1998, volume 46, articles 9

The structure of emotions during acute myocardial infarction: A model of coping pp. 1099-1110

Angelo A. Alonzo and Nancy R. Reynolds

Special not different: general practitioners' accounts of their care of dying people pp. 1111-1120

David Field

Social patterning of ill health in Helsinki and Moscow: Results from a comparative survey in 1991 pp. 1121-1136

Hannele Palosuo, Antti Uutela, Irina Zhuravleva and Nina Lakomova

Community-based trauma systems in the United States: an examination of structural development pp. 1137-1149

Gloria J. Bazzoli, Rita Harmata and Cheeling Chan

Cancer disclosure in Japan: Historical comparisons, current practices pp. 1151-1163

Todd S. Elwyn, Michael D. Fetters, Daniel W. Gorenflo and Tsukasa Tsuda

Death, trauma and ritual: Mozambican refugees in Malawi pp. 1165-1174

Harri Englund

Internal structure of a measure of self-efficacy in physical activity among high school students pp. 1175-1182

John J. M. Dwyer, Kenneth R. Allison and Susan Makin

Cost-effectiveness analysis and capital costs pp. 1183-1191

Göran Karlsson and Magnus Johannesson

Therapeutic landscapes in holistic medicine pp. 1193-1203

Allison Williams

The accuracy of mothers' reports of child vaccination: evidence from rural Egypt pp. 1205-1212

Ray Langsten and Kenneth Hill

Canadian naturopathic practitioners: holistic and scientific world views pp. 1213-1225

Heather Boon

Firearm suicides and homicides in the United States: regional variations and patterns of gun ownership pp. 1227-1233

Mark S. Kaplan and Olga Geling

Gender, social mobility and psychiatric diagnoses pp. 1235-1247

Duncan Timms

1998, volume 46, articles 8

A modified framework for rural general practice: The importance of recruitment and retention pp. 939-945

John S. Humphreys and Frances Rolley

Representing doctors: discourses and images in the Australian press pp. 947-958

Deborah Lupton and Jane McLean

Porque me tocó a mi ? Mexican American diabetes patients' causal stories and their relationship to treatment behaviors pp. 959-969

Linda M. Hunt, Miguel A. Valenzuela and Jacqueline A. Pugh

The influence of households on drinking behaviour: a multilevel analysis pp. 971-979

Nigel Rice, Roy Carr-Hill, Paul Dixon and Matthew Sutton

The "three delays" as a framework for examining maternal mortality in Haiti pp. 981-993

Debora Barnes-Josiah, Cynthia Myntti and Antoine Augustin

Health and health expenditures in adjusting and non-adjusting countries pp. 995-1009

Jacques van der Gaag and Tania Barham

Which terminally ill cancer patients receive hospice in-patient care? pp. 1011-1016

Julia Addington-Hall, Dan Altmann and Mark McCarthy

Equity is out of fashion? An essay on autonomy and health policy in the individualized society pp. 1017-1025

Eva Lindbladh, Carl Hampus Lyttkens, Bertil S. Hanson and P. -O. Östergren

The demand for prehospital emergency services in an aging society pp. 1027-1031

Charles E. McConnel and Rosemary W. Wilson

Psychological distress and well-being among traumatized Palestinian women during the intifada pp. 1033-1041

Vivian Khamis

Competing discourses of vital registration and personhood: perspectives from rural South Africa pp. 1043-1056

Rachel Jewkes and Katharine Wood

Education and self-care activities among persons with rheumatoid arthritis pp. 1057-1066

Patricia P. Katz

Women's decision-making in prenatal screening pp. 1067-1076

Päivi Santalahti, Elina Hemminki, Anne-Maria Latikka and Markku Ryynänen

Gender differences in marital support following a shared life event pp. 1077-1085

Angela C. Edwards, James Y. Nazroo and George W. Brown

Reductions in hospital use from self management training for chronic asthmatics pp. 1087-1093

C. S. Ghosh, P. Ravindran, M. Joshi and Sally C. Stearns

1998, volume 46, articles 7

Wealth, equity and health care: a critique of a "population health" perspective on the determinants of health pp. 785-798

Blake Poland, David Coburn, Ann Robertson and Joan Eakinand members of the Critical Social Science Group

Perceptions and priorities in disease eradication: Dracunculiasis eradication in Africa pp. 799-810

Susan Watts

AN ANCIENT SCOURGE: THE END OF DRACUNCULIASIS IN EGYPT pp. 811-819

Susan Watts

Supplemental health insurance ownership in Israel: An empirical analysis and some implications pp. 821-829

Amir Shmueli

Community empowerment paradigm drift and the primary prevention of HIV/AIDS pp. 831-842

Carolyn Beeker, Carolyn Guenther-Grey and Anita Raj

Community representatives: Representing the "community"? pp. 843-858

Rachel Jewkes and Anne Murcott

The importance of place for older people moving into care homes pp. 859-867

Jan Reed, Valerie Roskell Payton and Senga Bond

"Loss of self" in the narratives of people with traumatic brain injuries: A qualitative analysis pp. 869-878

Masahiro Nochi

An ethnographic study of night blindness "ratauni" among women in the Terai of Nepal pp. 879-889

Parul Christian, Margaret E. Bentley, Rajendra Pradhan and Keith P. West

Infertility in the Gambia: frequency and health care seeking pp. 891-899

Johanne Sundby, Reuben Mboge and Sheriff Sonko

Gender differences in consulting a general practitioner for common symptoms of minor illness pp. 901-906

Sally Wyke, Kate Hunt and Graeme Ford

The social construction of the breast cancer epidemic pp. 907-918

Paula M. Lantz and Karen M. Booth

Knowledge and information about ADHD: Evidence of cultural differences among African-American and white parents pp. 919-928

Regina Bussing, Nancy E. Schoenberg and Amy R. Perwien

Can raters consistently evaluate the content of focus groups? pp. 929-933

Morris Weinberger, Jeffrey A. Ferguson, Glenda Westmoreland, Lorrie A. Mamlin, Douglas S. Segar, George J. Eckert, James Y. Greene, Douglas K. Martin and William M. Tierney

1998, volume 46, articles 6

Seven up--refreshing medical geography: an introduction to selected papers from the Seventh International Symposium in Medical Geography, Portsmouth, U.K pp. 627-629

Graham Moon, Myles Gould and Kelvyn Jones

Over the hill and far away: distance as a barrier to the provision of assistance to elderly relatives pp. 631-639

Alun E. Joseph and Bonnie C. Hallman

Intellectual intersections: gender and health in the Pacific pp. 641-659

Nancy Davis Lewis

Cultural constraints on the delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention in Ireland pp. 661-672

Fiona Smyth

Tuberculosis mortality in England and Wales during 1982-1992: its association with poverty, ethnicity and AIDS pp. 673-681

Frances Elender, Graham Bentham and Ian Langford

Hypothesized foetal and early life influences on adult heart disease mortality: an ecological analysis of data for the Republic of Ireland pp. 683-693

D. G. Pringle

Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Finland--a forecast pp. 695-702

Markku Löytönen and Paula Maasilta

Geographical variation in attitudes towards smoking: findings from the COMMIT communities pp. 703-717

Nancy A. Ross and S. Martin Taylor

The public health risks of Lyme disease in Breckland, U.K.: an investigation of environmental and social factors pp. 719-727

Tracey V. Mawby and Andrew A. Lovett

The problem of atopic eczema: aetiological clues from the environment and lifestyles pp. 729-741

N. J. McNally, D. R. Phillips and H. C. Williams

Pathways of dependence: the impact of health and social care restructuring--the voluntary experience pp. 743-753

Christine Milligan

The study of human behavior and schistosomiasis transmission in an irrigated area in Morocco pp. 755-765

S. Watts, K. Khallaayoune, R. Bensefia, H. Laamrani and B. Gryseels

Alfred Haviland's nineteenth-century map analysis of the geographical distribution of diseases in England and Wales pp. 767-781

Frank A. Barrett

1998, volume 46, articles 3

Some politico-economic aspects of organ shortage in transplantation medicine pp. 299-311

Konrad Obermann

HIV/AIDS-related social anxieties in adolescents in three African countries pp. 313-320

Jennifer L. Venier, Michael W. Ross and Adebowale Akande

Is there evidence for behaviour change in response to AIDS in rural Zimbabwe? pp. 321-330

Simon Gregson, Tom Zhuwau, Roy M. Anderson and Stephen K. Chandiwana

Climate change, thermal stress and mortality changes pp. 331-344

W. J. M. Martens

Perceived access to care and medication use among ambulatory elderly in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil pp. 345-355

Maria A. Miralles and Carole L. Kimberlin

Contracting for health services in New Zealand: A transaction cost analysis pp. 357-367

Toni Ashton

Grief, parenting, and schizophrenia pp. 369-379

Daniel J. Davis and Cynthia L. Schultz

Analyses of use of tranquilizers and sleeping pills across five surveys of the same population (1985-1991): The relationship with gender, age and use of other substances pp. 381-395

Kathryn Graham and David Vidal-Zeballos

Type A behavior intervention in primary health care reduces hostility and time pressure: A study in Sweden pp. 397-402

Lena Karlberg, Ingvar Krakau and Anna-Lena Undén

Maternal employment, child care, and nutritional status of 12-18-month-old children in Managua, Nicaragua pp. 403-414

Jessica F. Lamontagne, Patrice L. Engle and Marian F. Zeitlin

Comparison of medical and nursing attitudes to resuscitation and patient autonomy between a British and an American teaching hospital pp. 415-424

Michelle Mello and Crispin Jenkinson

A longitudinal study of health selection in marital transitions pp. 425-435

Inez M. A. Joung, H. Dike van de Mheen, Karien Stronks, Frans W. A. van Poppel and Johan P. Mackenbach

Embodied risk: My body, myself? pp. 437-444

Anne M. Kavanagh and Dorothy H. Broom

Genetic screening and haemoglobinopathies: Ethics, politics and practice pp. 445-458

Karl Atkin and Waqar I. U. Ahmad

1998, volume 46, articles 2

Beyond empowerment: Heterosexualities and the prevention of AIDS pp. 151-156

K. Giffin

Drug users' sexual relationships and the social organisation of risk: The sexual relationship as a site of risk management pp. 157-169

Tim Rhodes and Alan Quirk

Reproductive choices among HIV-positive women pp. 171-179

Ariane Lisann Bedimo, Ruth Bessinger and Patricia Kissinger

The Gambian National Impregnated Bednet Programme: Costs, consequences and net cost-effectiveness pp. 181-191

Moses Kweku Aikins, Julia Fox-Rushby, Umberto D'Alessandro, Patricia Langerock, Kabir Cham, Laura New, Steve Bennett, Brian Greenwood and Anne Mills

Declining professional dominance?: Trends in the proletarianisation of primary care in New Zealand pp. 193-207

J. Ross Barnett, Pauline Barnett and Robin A. Kearns

What do sequential behavioral patterns suggest about the medical decision-making process?: Modeling home case management of acute illnesses in a rural Cameroonian village pp. 209-225

Gery W. Ryan

The tradeoff between price and quality of services in the Philippines pp. 227-242

David R. Hotchkiss

The health effects of major organisational change and job insecurity pp. 243-254

Jane E. Ferrie, Martin J. Shipley, Michael G. Marmot, Stephen Stansfeld and George Davey Smith

Ethical and social issues in prenatal sex selection: A survey of geneticists in 37 nations pp. 255-273

Dorothy C. Wertz and John C. Fletcher

How people get into mental health services: Stories of choice, coercion and "muddling through" from "first-timers" pp. 275-286

Bernice A. Pescosolido, Carol Brooks Gardner and Keri M. Lubell

Perceived risks associated with mental illness: Beyond homicide and suicide pp. 287-297

Tony Ryan

1998, volume 46, articles 1

Helicopters, hearts and hips: Using willingness to pay to set priorities for public sector health care programmes pp. 1-12

Jan Abel Olsen and Cam Donaldson

The challenge to restoring basic health care in Uganda pp. 13-21

D. O. Okello, R. Lubanga, D. Guwatudde and A. Sebina-Zziwa

The end of professionalism? pp. 23-28

Gray Southon and Jeffrey Braithwaite

An economic perspective on policy to reduce antimicrobial resistance pp. 29-38

J. Coast, R. D. Smith and M. R. Millar

Regulating the cancer-inducing potential of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Some lessons from the 1970s and 1980s pp. 39-51

John Abraham

Causal webs, preventive brooms, and housekeepers pp. 53-58

Leon S. Robertson

The association between the organization of medical practice and primary care physician attitudes and practice orientations pp. 59-71

Sunday E. Ubokudom

Situational factors and attitudes toward voluntary euthanasia pp. 73-81

William L. Macdonald

Dispensing doctors and prescribing pharmacists: A South African perspective pp. 83-95

Leah Gilbert

Context, composition and heterogeneity: Using multilevel models in health research pp. 97-117

Craig Duncan, Kelvyn Jones and Graham Moon

Accounts of disagreements with doctors pp. 119-129

Ellen Annandale and Kate Hunt

In-house referral: Changing general practitioners' roles in the referral of patients to secondary care pp. 131-136

Frances Maggs-Rapport, Paul Kinnersley and Penny Owen

Social inequalities in morbidity from diabetes mellitus in public primary care clinics in Trinidad and Tobago pp. 137-144

Martin C. Gulliford and Deepak Mahabir