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1996, volume 42, articles 12

Genetics, reproductive technologies, euthanasia and the search for a new societal paradigm pp. ix-xii

Margaret A. Somerville

The 'limits' of medicalization?: Modern medicine and the lay populace in 'late' modernity pp. 1609-1620

Simon J. Williams and Michael Calnan

Gender, geography and socio-economic status in the diffusion of malignant melanoma risk pp. 1621-1637

Asbjørn Aase and Graham Bentham

Prospects, problems, and prerequisites for national health examination surveys in developing countries pp. 1639-1650

Gail Fisher, Gregory Pappas and Magdalena Limb

Estimating the influence of health as a risk factor on unemployment: A survival analysis of employment durations for workers surveyed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984-1990) pp. 1651-1659

J. O. Arrow

The costs and effectiveness of three vitamin A interventions in Guatemala pp. 1661-1668

Margaret Phillips, Tina Sanghvi, Ruben Suárez, John McKigney and John Fiedler

Sounds of comfort in the trauma center: How nurses talk to patients in pain pp. 1669-1680

Adele Proctor, Janice M. Morse and Elizabeth Shirin Khonsari

Chameleon voices: Interpreting for deaf parents pp. 1681-1690

Paul Preston

Living with the mentally ill: Effects on the health and functioning of other household members pp. 1691-1701

Sally K. Gallagher and David Mechanic

Origins of the Children's Vaccine Initiative: The intellectual foundations pp. 1703-1719

William Muraskin

Origins of the Children's Vaccine Initiative: The political foundations pp. 1721-1734

William Muraskin

Hepatitis B epidemiology and cultural practices in Amerindian populations of Amazonia: The Tupí-Mondé and the Xavánte from Brazil pp. 1735-1743

Carlos E. A. Coimbra, Ricardo V. Santos, Clara F. Y. Yoshida, Márcia L. Baptista, Nancy M. Flowers, Antônio Carlos and F. Do Valle

1996, volume 42, articles 11

The prevalence of pain in a disabled population pp. 1457-1464

Maureen Astin, Dot Lawton and Michael Hirst

Post-traumatic responses to aerial bombing pp. 1465-1471

Daya J. Somasundaram

Use of analgesics in Sweden--The importance of sociodemographic factors, physical fitness, health and health-related factors, and working conditions pp. 1473-1481

Karolina Antonov and Dag Isacson

Patient satisfaction and the elderly pp. 1483-1491

David J. Owens and Claire Batchelor

Community participation in health care: The Turkish case pp. 1493-1500

Mehtap Tatar

Health care reforms in Bulgaria: An initial appraisal pp. 1501-1510

Vesselin Borissov and Tom Rathwell

Doctor-patient interactions in oncology pp. 1511-1519

Sarah Ford, Lesley Fallowfield and Shôn Lewis

Donor insemination: The gifting and selling of semen pp. 1521-1536

Ken R. Daniels and Gillian M. Lewis

Social adjustment and spouse relationships among women with stress incontinence before and after surgical treatment pp. 1537-1544

Anna-Lena Berglund, Martin Eisemann, Ann Lalos and Othon Lalos

The at-risk health status and technology: A diagnostic invitation and the 'gift' of knowing pp. 1545-1553

Regina H. Kenen

Aerobic exercise, subjective health and psychological well-being within age and gender subgroups pp. 1555-1559

H. Edward Ransford and Bartolomeo J. Palisi

The measurement of beliefs about physical symptoms in English general practice patients pp. 1561-1567

Peter Salmon, Maria Woloshynowych and Roland Valor

Ethics and the police surgeon: Compromise or conflict? pp. 1569-1575

Kathleen Kelly, Graham Moon, Stephen P. Savage and Yvonne Bradshaw

Can licensed drug sellers contribute to safe motherhood? A survey of the treatment of pregnancy-related anaemia in Nepal pp. 1577-1588

Kumud K. Kafle, Jeanne M. Madden, Ananda D. Shrestha, Shiba B. Karkee, Prabhakar L. Das, Yogendra M. S. Pradhan and Jonathan D. Quick

The Latin American trial of psychosocial support during pregnancy: Effects on mother's wellbeing and satisfaction pp. 1589-1597

Ana Langer, Ubaldo Farnot, Cecilia Garcia, Fernando Barros, Cesar Victora, Jose M. Belizan and Jose Villar

Immunization coverage and child mortality in two rural districts of Sierra Leone pp. 1599-1604

Ruhul Amin

1996, volume 42, articles 10

Introduction pp. 1345-1349

Cristina Puentes-Markides

Psychosocial factors of coronary heart disease in women: A review pp. 1351-1365

Veronika Brezinka and France Kittel

Women, health and the environment pp. 1367-1379

Bonnie Kettel

Maternal mortality and the problem of accessibility to obstetric care; the strategy of maternity waiting homes pp. 1381-1390

Irene Figa'-Talamanca

Chinese village women as visual anthropologists: A participatory approach to reaching policymakers pp. 1391-1400

Caroline Wang, Mary Ann Burris and Xiang Yue Ping

Lymphatic filariasis and the women of India pp. 1401-1410

Lalita Bandyopadhyay

Working women's sexual risk taking in Jamaica pp. 1411-1417

Elsie Le Franc, Gail Elizabeth Wyatt, Claudia Chambers, Denise Eldemire, Brendan Bain and Heather Ricketts

Medical professional dominance and client dissatisfaction: A study of doctor-patient interaction and reported dissatisfaction with medical care among female patients at four hospitals in Trinidad and Tobago pp. 1419-1425

Daphne Phillips

The provision of female sterilization in São Paulo, Brazil: A study among low income women pp. 1427-1432

Elisabeth Meloni Vieira and Nicholas J. Ford

Gender aspects and women's participation in the control and management of malaria in central Sudan pp. 1433-1446

A/Rahman, Samira Hamid, Ahmed A. Mohamedani, Einas Mubarak Mirgani and Adil Mahgoub Ibrahim

The menopause: Women's psychology and health care pp. 1447-1456

Denise Defey, Eduardo Storch, Silvia Cardozo, Olga Díaz and Graciela Fernández

1996, volume 42, articles 9

Women's health: Dimensions and differentials pp. 1203-1216

Susan Macran, Lynda Clarke and Heather Joshi

Psychosocial work environment in human service organizations: A conceptual analysis and development of the demand-control model pp. 1217-1226

Björn Söderfeldt, Marie Söderfeldt, Carles Muntaner, Patricia O'Campo, Lars-Erik Warg and Carl-Göran Ohlson

The diet-heart disease hypothesis: A response to Atrens pp. 1227-1233

Elizabeth Rieger

Dynamics of participation in a community health project pp. 1235-1246

K. J. Kelly and H. van Vlaenderen

Doctors and the health industry: A case study of transcutaneous oxygen monitoring in neonatal intensive care pp. 1247-1258

Valerie Miké, Alfred N. Krauss and Gail S. Ross

A cost-benefit analysis of voluntary routine HIV-antibody testing for hospital patients pp. 1259-1272

Sumner La Croix and Gerard Russo

A regional comparison of socioeconomic and health indices in a Canadian province pp. 1273-1281

Norman Frohlich and Cam Mustard

Social vs biological: Theories on the transmission of AIDS in Africa pp. 1283-1296

Charles W. Hunt

The risky and protective motorcycling opinions and behaviours of young on-road motorcyclists in New Zealand pp. 1297-1311

A. I. Reeder, D. J. Chalmers and J. D. Langley

Predictors of non-urgent utilization of hospital emergency services in Kuwait pp. 1313-1323

Nasra M. Shah, Makhdoom A. Shah and Behbehani Jaafar

Notes on the socio-economic and cultural factors influencing the transmission of HIV in Botswana pp. 1325-1333

David S. Macdonald

Letter to the editor pp. 1343-1343

Yumiko Arai

Letter to the editor pp. 1344-1344

Margaret Lock

1996, volume 42, articles 8

Inappropriate distribution of medicines by professionals in developing countries pp. 1117-1120

James Trostle

Antibiotic use in a periurban community in Mexico: A household and drugstore survey pp. 1121-1128

Juan Calva

Availability of over-the-counter drugs for arthritis in Sao Paulo, Brazil pp. 1129-1131

Marcos Bosi Ferraz, Ronaldo Borges Pereira, Jose Gerardo A Paiva, Edgard Atra and Jose Quirino Dos Santos

Drug prescribing practices of general practitioners and paediatricians for childhood diarrhoea in Karachi, Pakistan pp. 1133-1139

S. Q. Nizami, I. A. Khan and Z. A. Bhutta

Factors influencing physicians' prescribing behaviour in the treatment of childhood diarrhoea: Knowledge may not be the clue pp. 1141-1153

Patricia Paredes, Manuela de la Peña, Enrique Flores-Guerra, Judith Diaz and James Trostle

Retail pharmacies in developing countries: A behavior and intervention framework pp. 1155-1161

P. Goel, D. Ross-Degnan, P. Berman and S. Soumerai

Small group intervention vs formal seminar for improving appropriate drug use pp. 1163-1168

Budiono Santoso

Effect of training on the clinical management of malaria by medical assistants in Ghana pp. 1169-1176

David Ofori-Adjei and Daniel K. Arhinful

Interactional group discussion: Results of a controlled trial using a behavioral intervention to reduce the use of injections in public health facilities pp. 1177-1183

Johana E. Prawitasari Hadiyono, Sri Suryawati, Sulanto S. Danu, Sunartono and Budiono Santoso

Improving physician prescribing patterns to treat rhinopharyngitis. Intervention strategies in two health systems of Mexico pp. 1185-1194

Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, Hector Guiscafré, Onofre Muñoz, Hortensia Reyes, Patricia Tomé, Vita Libreros and Gonzalo Gutiérrez

Assessing the impact of a regulatory intervention in Pakistan pp. 1195-1202

Tariq Iqbal Bhutta and Cassandra Balchin

1996, volume 42, articles 7

The dynamics of professional commitment: Immigrant physicians from the former Soviet Union in Israel pp. 965-974

Judith T. Shuval and Judith Bernstein

Practice of in-vitro fertilization: A case study from Finland pp. 975-983

Maili Malin Silverio and Elina Hemminki

The creation of protection and hope in patients with malignant brain tumours pp. 985-996

Pär Salander, Tommy Bergenheim and Roger Henriksson

Forecasting the AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico pp. 997-1010

Markku Löytönen and Sonia I. Arbona

Regulatory actions to enhance appropriate drug use: The case of antidiarrhoeal drugs pp. 1011-1019

Hilbrand Haak and Mariam E. Claeson

Rationing health care: Views from general practice pp. 1021-1025

Philip J. Ayres

An economic analysis of Chinese fertility behavior pp. 1027-1037

Gordon G. Liu, Tetsuji Yamada and Ta-i Yamada

Exposure to missile attacks: The impact of the Persian Gulf War on physical health, health behaviours and psychological distress in high and low risk areas in Israel pp. 1039-1047

Varda Soskolne, Mario Baras, Hava Palti and Leon Epstein

Distributing scarce livers: The moral reasoning of the general public pp. 1049-1055

Peter A. Ubel and George Loewenstein

Local terminology for febrile illnesses in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania and its impact on the design of a community-based malaria control programme pp. 1057-1067

P. J. Winch, A. M. Makemba, S. R. Kamazima, M. Lurie, G. K. Lwihula, Z. Premji, J. N. Minjas and C. J. Shiff

The impact on employment of an intervention to increase recognition of previously untreated anxiety among primary care physicians pp. 1069-1075

Edward Yelin, Susan D. Mathias, Don P. Buesching, Clayton Rowland, Ruth Q. Calucin and Sheila Fifer

Coping with additional stresses: Comparative study of healthy and cancer patient new immigrants pp. 1077-1084

Lea Baider, Bella Kaufman, Penina Ever-Hadani and Atara Kaplan De-Nour

Age and health status in a patient satisfaction survey pp. 1085-1093

G. Cohen

A triple burden for health sector reform: 'Post'-conflict rehabilitation in Uganda pp. 1095-1108

Joanna Macrae, Anthony B. Zwi and Lucy Gilson

Letter to the editor pp. 1113-1115

Leo Uzych

1996, volume 42, articles 6

Foreword pp. 787-787

Michael V. Hayes

Introduction pp. 789-790

Michael V. Hayes

Daniel Drake's medical geography pp. 791-800

Frank A. Barrett

Defining localities for health planning: A GIS approach pp. 801-816

Nina Bullen, Graham Moon and Kelvyn Jones

Health-related behaviour in context: A multilevel modelling approach pp. 817-830

Craig Duncan, Kelvyn Jones and Graham Moon

Establishing links between air quality and health: Searching for the impossible? pp. 831-841

Christine Dunn and Simon Kingham

Interactive spatial data analysis in medical geography pp. 843-855

A. C. Gatrell and T. C. Bailey

Analyzing perceived limiting long-term illness using U.K. census microdata pp. 857-869

Myles I. Gould and Kelvyn Jones

Alzheimer's disease: Preliminary study of spatial distribution at birth place pp. 871-878

H. Jean, J. -F. Emard, J. -P. Thouez, L. Houde, Y. Robitaille, J. Mathieu, C. Boily, N. Daoud, M. Beaudry, A. Cholette, R. Bouchard, F. Veilleux and D. Gauvreau

The application of K-function analysis to the geographical distribution of road traffic accident outcomes in Norfolk, England pp. 879-885

Andrew P. Jones, Ian H. Langford and Graham Bentham

Restructuring long-term care and the geography of ageing: A view from rural New Zealand pp. 887-896

Alun E. Joseph and Chalmers, A. I. (Lex)

Regional variations in mortality rates in England and Wales: An analysis using multi-level modelling pp. 897-908

Ian H. Langford and Graham Bentham

The selection of needs indicators for regional resource allocation in the fields of health and social services in Québec pp. 909-922

Robert Pampalon, Alain Saucier, Nicole Berthiaume, Pierre Ferland, Régis Couture, Patricia Caris, Lynda Fortin, Diane Lacroix and René Kirouac

Explaining urban-rural variations in health: A review of interactions between individual and environment pp. 923-935

Robert A. Verheij

The development of Ontario's Home Care Program: A critical geographical analysis pp. 937-948

Allison M. Williams

The household context for women's health care decisions: Impacts of U.K. policy changes pp. 949-963

Ruth Young

1996, volume 42, articles 5

Traditional reaction to modern stress pp. 639-641

Rance P. L. Lee

Quality of care: A comparison of preferences between medical specialists and patients with chronic diseases pp. 643-649

Marieke A. E. van der Waal, Anton F. Casparie and Christiaan J. Lako

The significance of children's age in estimating the effect of maternal time use on children's well-being pp. 651-659

Judith A. Ricci, Norge W. Jerome, Ismail Sirageldin, Hekmat Aly, Wafaa Moussa, Osman Galal, Gail G. Harrison and Avanelle Kirksey

Regulatory effects of health examination programs on medical expenditures for the elderly in Japan pp. 661-670

Shinya Matsuda

Which resources pay for treatment? A model for estimating the informal economy of health pp. 671-679

Sandra Wallman and Maia Baker

Self-rated health and mortality in a Lithuanian and a Dutch population pp. 681-689

A. Appels, H. Bosma, V. Grabauskas, A. Gostautas and F. Sturmans

Syringe-mediated drug sharing among injecting drug users: Patterns, social context and implications for transmission of blood-borne pathogens pp. 691-703

Jean-Paul C. Grund, Samuel R. Friedman, L. Synn Stern, Benny Jose, Alan Neaigus, Richard Curtis and Don C. Des Jarlais

Variation in diagnoses: Influence of specialists' training on selecting and ranking relevant information in geriatric case vignettes pp. 705-712

Annette J. H. Kalf and Donna Spruijt-Metz

Health and a residential care population pp. 713-719

Steven P. Segal, Debra J. Vandervoort and Lawrence H. Liese

Determinants of informal caregivers' satisfaction with services for dying cancer patients pp. 721-731

Walid Fakhoury, Mark McCarthy and Julia Addington-Hall

A review of research on the nature and quality of HIV testing services: A proposal for process-based studies pp. 733-743

Susan Beardsell and Adrian Coyle

Letter to the editor pp. 785-785

Jose Barzelatto

1996, volume 42, articles 4

Abortion from a crosscultural perspective: An introduction pp. 479-482

Barbara Rylko-Bauer

The pregnancy that doesn't stay: The practice and perception of abortion by Ekiti Yoruba women pp. 483-494

Elisha P. Renne

Abortion traditions in rural Jamaica pp. 495-508

E. J. Sobo

Abortion policy and practice in Greece pp. 509-519

Eugenia Georges

Women's perspectives on abortion in Romania pp. 521-530

Brooke R. Johnson, Mihai Horga and Laurentia Andronache

Abortion in Turkey: A matter of state, family or individual decision pp. 531-542

Akile Gürsoy

Abortion law and practice in China: An overview with comparisons to the United States pp. 543-560

Susan M. Rigdon

Back pain and epidemiology review: The epidemiology and cost of back pain: Clinical Standards Advisory Group (Committee Chaired by Michael Rosen). Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1994. (Respectively 89pp. and 72pp. paperback, £14.00: ISBN 0-11-321887-7 and ISBN 0-11-321889-3) pp. 561-563

J. D. G. Troup

Alcohol use among American Indian adolescents: The role of culture in pathological drinking pp. 565-578

Theresa D. O'Nell and Christina M. Mitchell

Demarcation and transformation within homoeopathic knowledge. A strategy of professionalization pp. 579-588

Sarah Cant and Ursula Sharma

Black/white differences in the relationship of maternal age to birthweight: A population-based test of the weathering hypothesis pp. 589-597

Arline T. Geronimus

Psychological distress among caregivers to heart transplant recipients pp. 599-608

Robert D. Canning, Mary Amanda Dew and Suzanne Davidson

Inconsistency and health state valuations pp. 609-615

Paul Dolan and Paul Kind

Gender differences in health: Are things really as simple as they seem? pp. 617-624

Sally Macintyre, Kate Hunt and Helen Sweeting

Letter to the editor pp. 625-627

Akile Gürsoy

1996, volume 42, articles 3

Human rights and health within the dominant paradigm pp. 301-303

Vuk Stambolovic

A note on the relationship between ex ante and expected willingness to pay for health care pp. 305-311

Magnus Johannesson

Limitations of quantitative research in the study of structural adjustment pp. 313-324

Patricia Lundy

Cultural response to mental illness in Senegal: Reflections through patient companions--Part I. Methods and descriptive data pp. 325-338

Robert R. Franklin, Doudou Sarr, Momar Gueye, Omar Sylla and René Collignon

Cultural response to mental illness in Senegal: Reflections through patient companions--Part II. Statistical correlates pp. 339-352

Robert R. Franklin, Doudou Sarr, Momar Gueye, Omar Sylla, René Collignon and Nancy Mock

'Healing fictions': Stories of choosing in the aftermath of the detection of fetal anomalies pp. 353-361

Margarete Sandelowski and Linda Corson Jones

A cross-national study of quality of life factors associated with patterns of elderly disablement pp. 363-377

Vicki L. Lamb

The use of drug information sources by physicians: Development of a data-generating methodology pp. 379-388

E. J. C. Boerkamp, F. M. Haaijer-Ruskamp, J. C. Reuyl and A. Versluis

Medication decision-making and management: A client-centered model pp. 389-398

Betty Chewning and Betsy Sleath

Areal and socioeconomic differentials in infant and child mortality in Cameroon pp. 399-420

Barthélémy Kuate Defo

Innovations in acumoxa: Acupuncture analgesia, scalp and ear acupuncture in the People's Republic of China pp. 421-430

Elisabeth Hsu

Importance of schistosomiasis in the Isoka district of Zambia: A prerequisite for its control using community participation pp. 431-435

Seter Siziya and Martin Mushanga

Acute respiratory infections--Mothers' perceptions of etiology and treatment in South-Western Nigeria pp. 437-445

B. Folasade Iyun and Göran Tomson

Carbon monoxide suicide from car exhausts pp. 447-451

Mats Öström, Jan Thorson and Anders Eriksson

Origins and working conditions of female sex workers in urban Thailand: Consequences of social context for HIV transmission pp. 453-462

Maria J. Wawer, Chai Podhisita, Uraiwan Kanungsukkasem, Anthony Pramualratana and Regina McNamara

Attitudes of pediatric nurses facing HIV risk pp. 463-469

Nancy F. Berkowitz and Ronald L. Nuttall

1996, volume 42, articles 2

The Swedish Transplant Acts: Sociological considerations on bodies and giving pp. 159-168

Nora Machado

Senile dementia in Japan: Prevalence and response pp. 169-172

Bernard Ineichen

Social networks, social support and coping with serious illness: The family connection pp. 173-183

Kathleen Ell

The industrial Panopticon: Mining and the medical construction of migrant African labour in South Africa, 1900-1950 pp. 185-197

Alexander Butchart

Factors influencing patient perceived recovery in Mexico pp. 199-207

Kaja Finkler and Maria Correa

Patterns and predictors of infertility among African women: A cross-national survey of twenty-seven nations pp. 209-220

Karen Ericksen and Tracy Brunette

Rethinking methods for the study of sexual behaviour pp. 221-231

Pierre Huygens, Ellen Kajura, Janet Seeley and Tom Barton

The Yoruba farm market as a communication channel in guinea worm disease surveillance pp. 233-243

William R. Brieger and Carl Kendall

Adaptive demands along the HIV disease continuum pp. 245-256

Kenneth I. Pakenham, Mark R. Dadds and Deborah J. Terry

Sex differences in morbidity: A case of discrimination in general practice pp. 257-264

Geoffrey P. Sayer and Helena Britt

Chronic stress and psychological well-being: Evidence from Thailand on household crowding pp. 265-280

Theodore D. Fuller, John N. Edwards, Sairudee Vorakitphokatorn and Santhat Sermsri

Anthropology, clinical pathology and the electronic fetal monitor: Lessons from the heart pp. 281-292

Ken Bassett

1996, volume 42, articles 1

Retirement of Peter McEwan pp. 1-2

Raymond Illsley

Leprosy among the limba: Illness and healing in the context of world view pp. 3-19

Joseph Opala and Francois Boillot

Reconsidering the status of anorexia nervosa as a western culture-bound syndrome pp. 21-34

Sing Lee

Is general practitioner decision making associated with patient socio-economic status? pp. 35-46

Anthony Scott, Alan Shiell and Madeleine King

Educational differentials in mortality: United States, 1979-1985 pp. 47-57

Irma T. Elo and Samuel H. Preston

Women and AIDS: An analysis of media misrepresentations pp. 59-73

Valerie Sacks

Inequalities in health related to women's marital, parental, and employment status--A comparison between the early 70s and the late 80s, Norway pp. 75-89

Jon Ivar Elstad

Dry sex in Zimbabwe and implications for condom use pp. 91-98

Diane Civic and David Wilson

Gender response to neurofibromatosis 1 pp. 99-110

Joan Ablon

The role of clinical vignettes in rapid ethnographic research: A folk taxonomy of diarrhoea in Thailand pp. 111-123

Richard John Shawyer, Abdullah Sani Bin Gani, Albert Noel Punufimana and Namulauulu Kamuta Fualaga Seuseu

Medical futility decisions and physicians' legal defensiveness: The impact of anticipated conflict on thresholds for end-of-life treatment pp. 125-132

Jeffrey W. Swanson and S. Van McCrary

Ethnography of fertility and menstruation in rural Mexico pp. 133-140

Xóchitl Castañeda, Cecilia García and Ana Langer

Prostitutes, prostitution and STD/HIV transmission in Mainland China pp. 141-152

Vincent E. Gil, Marco S. Wang, Allen F. Anderson, Guo Matthew Lin and Zongjian Oliver Wu

Letter to the editor pp. 157-157

Antonia Bagshawe