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1992, volume 35, articles 12

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 Robert 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. )

1992, volume 35, articles 11

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

1992, volume 35, articles 10

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

1992, volume 35, articles 9

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 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

1992, volume 35, articles 8

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

1992, volume 35, articles 7

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

Torbjoârn Moum

1992, volume 35, articles 6

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

1992, volume 35, articles 5

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

1992, volume 35, articles 4

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 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

1992, volume 35, articles 3

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

1992, volume 35, articles 2

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 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

I. 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

1992, volume 35, articles 1

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

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