Social Science & Medicine

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1989, volume 29, articles 12

The documentation of Nazi medicine by German medical sociologists: A review article pp. 1319-1330

Thomas W. Maretzki

Comments pp. 1330-1331

Paul U. Unschuld and Mathias Weber

Child health and child care in Okelele: An indigenous area of the city of Ilorin, Nigeria pp. 1333-1341

Michael A. Adedoyin and Susan J. Watts

Community health services and health care utilization in rural Bangladesh pp. 1343-1349

Ruhul Amin, Shifiq A. Chowdhury, G. M. Kamal and J. Chowdhury

Epidemiological appraisal of the active role of women in the decline of infant mortality in Spain during the twentieth century pp. 1351-1362

Carmen Garcia-Gil, Margarita Cortés-Majó, Adoración Garcia Nieto, Mercedes Rosado Martín and Enrique Nájera

Studies on drug utilization: Bilateral case study in Poland and Sweden pp. 1363-1366

T. J. Szuba and B. Westerholm

Occupational position and type a behavior: Results from the first Monica survey, Augsburg, F.R.G pp. 1367-1372

U. Härtel and L. Chambless

Lead based remedies for empacho: Patterns and consequences pp. 1373-1379

Roberta D. Baer, Javier Garcia de Alba, Luz Maria Cueto, Alan Ackerman and Sharon Davison

Privacy between physicians and patients: More than a matter of confidentiality pp. 1381-1385

Roxanne Parrott, Judee K. Burgoon, Michael Burgoon and Beth A. LePoire

Development of a social support instrument for use in population surveys pp. 1387-1392

Anna-Lena Undén and Kristina Orth-Gomér

Indian nutritionists and international nutritional standards: Concepts and controversies pp. 1393-1399

Ellen Messer

1989, volume 29, articles 11

The construction of a social phenomenon: AIDS in the French press pp. 1235-1242

Claudine Herzlich and Janine Pierret

Comparisons between the self-assessed and observer-assessed presence and severity of colds pp. 1243-1248

Sally Macintyre and Colin Pritchard

National suicide and homicide rates: Correlates versus predictors pp. 1249-1252

David Lester

Work disability among cancer patients pp. 1253-1259

Howard P. Greenwald, Susan J. Dirks, Edgar F. Borgatta, Ruth McCorkle, Michael C. Nevitt and Edward H. Yelin

The family's functioning with chronic illness in the mother: The spouse's perspective pp. 1261-1269

Frances Marcus Lewis, Nancy Fugate Woods, Edythe Ellison Hough and Lillian Southwick Bensley

Medical and social predictors of longevity in the elderly: Total predictive value and interdependence pp. 1271-1280

Dorly J. H. Deeg, Robert J. van Zonneveld, Paul J. van der Maas and J. Dik F. Habbema

Concepts in health promotion: The notion of relativism pp. 1281-1288

Evelyne De Leeuw

Is it any good? The evaluation of therapy by participants in a clinical trial pp. 1289-1297

Anna Wynne

Women's education and its influence on attitudes to aspects of child-care in a village community in Kerala pp. 1299-1303

V. Raman Kutty

AIDS and its metaphors pp. 1305-1306

Charles Guest

1989, volume 29, articles 10

Hidden consequences of state violence: Spinal cord injuries in Soweto, South Africa pp. 1147-1155

Jacklyn Cock

Issues of definitions and their implications: AIDS and leprosy pp. 1157-1162

Ilse J. Volinn

Low utilization of community health workers: Results from a household interview survey in Burkina Faso pp. 1163-1174

R. Sauerborn, A. Nougtara and H. J. Diesfeld

Are psychological disorders most prevalent among older adults? examining the evidence pp. 1175-1181

Marjorie Chary Feinson

Power and pain: The location of pain and fear in dentistry and the creation of a dental subject pp. 1183-1190

Sarah Nettleton

Private troubles and public issues: Providing abortion amid competing definitions pp. 1191-1198

Kathleen M. Roe

User fees for health care in developing countries: A case study of Bangladesh pp. 1199-1205

Bonita Stanton and John Clemens

Swedish physicians' perspectives on work and the medical care system--v. comparisons across specialties pp. 1207-1216

Andrew C. Twaddle

A skin test survey of valley fever in Tijuana, Mexico pp. 1217-1227

Barbara E. Fredrich

The economics of health care: by, and. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1988. 286 pp pp. 1229-1230

Michael L. Barer

1989, volume 29, articles 9

Guinea worm: An in-depth study of what happens to mothers, families and communities pp. 1043-1049

Susan J. Watts, William R. Brieger and May Yacoob

Social support, life events and psychosomatic symptoms among 14-16-year-old adolescents pp. 1051-1056

Hillevi Aro, Vilma Hänninen and Olavi Paronen

Reflexions methodologiques et epistemologiques en acupuncture pp. 1057-1063

Pierre Pascual

Predictors of simple diarrhoea in children under 5 years--A study of a sudanese rural community pp. 1065-1070

Fatih Z. El Samani, Walter C. Willett and James H. Ware

Human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence in female intravenous drug users: The puzzle of black women's risk pp. 1071-1076

Diane K. Lewis and John K. Watters

Psychotoxicology: The return of the mad hatter pp. 1077-1082

Matthew P. Dumont

Twins, smoking and mortality: A 12-year prospective study of smoking-discordant twin pairs pp. 1083-1089

Jaakko Kaprio and Markku Koskenvuo

The continuity of vaccination programmes: Reflections and a case from Gujarat, India pp. 1091-1098

Pieter H. Streefland

Changing traditional medicine in rural Swaziland: The effects of the global system pp. 1099-1104

Enid Gort

The finnish family competence study: Characteristics of pregnant women with low childbirth knowledge pp. 1105-1109

Päivi Rautava

Traditional practitioners' behavioural adaptations to changing patients' demands in Sri Lanka pp. 1111-1119

Ivan Wolffers

Deaths from injuries and induced abortion among rural Bangladeshi women pp. 1121-1127

V. Fauveau and T. Blanchet

Psychological aspects of albinism: An exploratory study with Nigerian (IGBO) albino subjects pp. 1129-1131

Bernice N. Ezeilo

Dissemination of health information among rural dwellers in Africa: A Ghanaian experience pp. 1133-1140

Kwadwo Bosompra

Suicide rates and handgun ownership in the United States 1959-1984: The relationship between changes in the variables pp. 1143-1143

Bijou Yang and David Lester

1989, volume 29, articles 8

Preface pp. 905-905

Neil D. McGlashan and Neil K. Chick

Regionalizing mortality data: Ischaemic heart disease in Norway pp. 907-911

Asbjørn Aase

The epidemiological transition in an overseas territory: Disease mapping in French Polynesia pp. 913-922

Emmanuel Vigneron

Geology, trace elements and health pp. 923-926

Harry V. Warren

Health problems in rural communities, Zimbabwe pp. 927-932

Jane Mutambirwa

An assessment of a rural health programme on child and maternal care: The Ogbomoso Community Health Care Programme (CHCP), Oyo State, Nigeria pp. 933-938

Folasade Iyun

Geriatric assessment--An Australian idea pp. 939-942

J. Munro-Ashman

Relations between health levels, services and demand in French Polynesia pp. 943-951

Emmanuel Vigneron

The Hobart typhoid epidemic of 1887-88 pp. 953-958

R.G. Kellaway

Air pollution and respiratory diseases in children in São Paulo, Brazil pp. 959-964

Helena Ribeiro Sobral

The other face of development: Native population, health status and indicators of malnutrition--The case of the Cree and Inuit of Northern Quebec pp. 965-974

J.P. Thouez, A. Rannou and P. Foggin

Management of pneumonia in India and Indonesia pp. 975-982

Wade C. Edmundson and Shelley A. Harris

Lymphatic filariasis in Madras, India pp. 983-990

B. Hyma, A. Ramesh and K. Gunesekaran

Acute diarrhoeal disease in India and Indonesia pp. 991-997

S.A. Edmundson and Wade C. Edmundson

Brucellosis in Saudi Arabia pp. 999-1001

Frank W. Kiel and M. Yousuf Khan

The geographical distribution of motorcycle accidents in Tasmania, 1983-1986 pp. 1003-1008

K. Anutha and M.A. Chladil

Asbestos hazards in the city of Rome, Italy pp. 1009-1013

M. Del Piano, C. Palagiano and V. Rimatori

Sudden infant deaths in Tasmania, 1980-1986: A seven year prospective study pp. 1015-1026

Neil D. McGlashan

The diffusion of cardiovascular disease in the Norwegian farming community: A comnination of morbidity and mortality data pp. 1027-1033

Asbjørn Aase and Reidar Almås

Stroke mortality in Miyagi, Japan pp. 1035-1042

Tokiko Sato

1989, volume 29, articles 7

The concept of disease: Its evolution in medical students pp. 791-792

M. D. Stefan and I. C. McManus

Love, self-esteem, and multiple sclerosis pp. 793-798

Anthony Walsh and Patricia Ann Walsh

Culture and 'compliance' among leprosy patients in Pakistan pp. 799-811

J. Dennis Mull, Corinne Shear Wood, Lydia P. Gans and Dorothy S. Mull

Predicting the onset of smoking in boys and girls pp. 813-818

Anne Charlton and Valerie Blair

Pesticides et cancers en milieu rural agricole au Quebec: Interpretation geographique pp. 819-833

Daniel Godon, Pierre Lajoie, Jean-Pierre Thouez and Daniel Nadeau

Exploring the determinants of periodontal treatment costs: A special focus on cigarette smoking pp. 835-844

Harri Sintonen and Risto Tuominen

Changing health beliefs and behaviors of resettled Laotian refugees: Ethnic variation in adaptation pp. 845-852

Jean Brainard and Amy Zaharlick

Prescription drug advertising trends: A study of oral hypoglycemics pp. 853-857

Kumar K. Mehta, Bernard A. Sorofman and Clayton R. Rowland

Breast feeding and bottle feeding controversies in the developing world: Evidence from a study in four countries pp. 859-868

Beverly Winikoff and Virginia H. Laukaran

Sex differentials in cardiovascular mortality: An ecological analysis pp. 869-876

Kyung Ae Park and William B. Clifford

Assessing Arab-American health care needs pp. 877-883

Shirley C. Laffrey, Afaf I. Meleis, Juliene G. Lipson, Margot Solomon and Patricia A. Omidian

Differential mortality by ethnicity: Foreign-born Irish, Italians and Jews in New York city, 1979-81 pp. 885-889

Ira Rosenwaike and Katherine Hempstead

Cigarette smoking among medical students in Belgrade related to parental smoking habits pp. 891-894

Hristina Vlajinac, Benko Adanja and Mirjana Jarebinski

Quest for health (a fable) pp. 895-896

Nancy Rodd

Turkish migrants and somatic fixation in the Netherlands: Research in Amsterdam pp. 897-898

Maria De Bruyn

Letter to the editor pp. 901-901

Sjaak van der Geest

1989, volume 29, articles 6

The making of a sociomedical scientist pp. 691-693

Don Cahalan

The long-run cost characteristics of dental practices in the U.S.A pp. 695-703

L.Jackson Brown

Sentinel health events as indicators of unmet needs pp. 705-714

Willine Carr, Natan Szapiro, Toni Heisler and Melvin I. Krasner

Issues and problems in measuring children's health status in community health research pp. 715-719

Raymond Fink

The sociological image of medicine and the patient pp. 721-728

Uta Gerhardt

Premature mortality and chronic alcoholism: Medical examiner cases, New Jersey pp. 729-732

Paul W. Haberman and Geetha Natarajan

The impact of the physical environment on the psychological well-being of office workers pp. 733-742

Susan Klitzman and Jeanne M. Stellman

Life events, meaning and narrative: The case of infidelity and divorce pp. 743-751

Catherine Kohler Riessman

Professional life cycle changes and their effect on knowledge level of dental practitioners pp. 753-760

Donald Sadowsky and Carol Kunzel

An empirical analysis of the dimensions of health status measures pp. 761-768

Jorge Segovia, Roy F. Bartlett and Alison C. Edwards

What diagnosis does not tell: The case for a noncategorical approach to chronic illness in childhood pp. 769-778

Ruth E.K. Stein and Dorothy Jones Jessop

Drug use among Puerto Rican youth: An exploration of generational status differences pp. 779-789

Carmen Noemi Velez and Jane A. Ungemack

1989, volume 29, articles 5

Non-government organizations in the health field: Collaboration, integration and contrasting aims in Africa pp. 591-597

F.M. Mburu

Are large-scale volunteer community health worker programmes feasible? The case of Sri Lanka pp. 599-608

Gill Walt, Myrtle Perera and Kris Heggenhougen

Impairment, disability and handicap in chronic respiratory illness pp. 609-616

Simon J. Williams and Michael R. Bury

Respiratory health indicators and acculturation among the Inuit and Cree of Northern Quebec: A regional approach using geographic seriation analysis pp. 617-626

P.M. Foggin and N. Aurillon

From anomie to anomia and anomic depression: A sociological critique on the use of anomie in psychiatric research pp. 627-634

Mathieu Deflem

The social experiences of cancer patients under treatment: A comparative study pp. 635-642

R. Tempelaar, J.C.J.M. de Haes, J.H. de Ruiter, D. Bakker, W.J.A. van den Heuvel and M.G. van Nieuwenhuijzen

Born female: The development of nursing in Thailand pp. 643-652

Marjorie A. Muecke and Wichit Srisuphan

The demand for abortion in England and Wales pp. 653-658

John A. Cairns

The relation of widow's needs and resources to perceived health and depression pp. 659-667

Ariela Lowenstein and Aaron Rosen

'Source force' and the Nepal medical profession pp. 669-675

Saul J. Weiner

Infant mortality and health care in Mexican communities pp. 677-679

John Holian

The impact of environmental factors upon patient attitudes and behaviour. A sociological study from Poland pp. 681-681

Iza Lignowska

A disavowal and criticisms of 'breastfeeding trends in Singapore' pp. 685-687

J.J. Counsilman

1989, volume 29, articles 4

Availability of pharmaceuticals in sub-Saharan Africa: Roles of the public, private and church mission sectors pp. 479-486

Ronald J. Vogel and Betsy Stephens

Healers, deities, saints and doctors: elements for the analysis of medical systems pp. 487-496

Duncan Pedersen and Veronica Baruffati

The psychosocial adjustment of patients and spouses to dialysis treatment pp. 497-502

Varda Soskolne and Atara Kaplan De-Nour

Making health policy management intersectoral: Issues of information analysis and use in less developed countries pp. 503-514

Emanuel de Kadt

On the specificity of healing functions: A study of diagnosis in three faith healing institutions in Feira (Bahia, Brazil) pp. 515-526

Ndolamb Ngokwey

The effects of nursing and physician services: Some preliminary results pp. 527-536

Andrew J. Hogan and James E. Rohrer

The logic of a controversy: The case of agent orange in Australia pp. 537-544

Wayne Hall

The public controversies of aids in Puerto Rico pp. 545-553

Ineke Cunningham

Family response in head injury: Denial... or hope for the future? pp. 555-561

Barbara Ridley

Sinking heart: A Punjabi communication of distress pp. 563-575

Inga-Britt Krause

Community and individual considerations in legislation and test policy regarding HIV-infection in the Nordic countries--a cross national comparative study pp. 577-584

Allan Krasnik, Jakob Bjoerner and Birgit Westphal Christensen

Do low levels of labour pain reflect low sensitivity to noxious stimulation? pp. 585-588

Catherine A. Niven and Karel J. Gijsbers

1989, volume 29, articles 3

AIDS: Methodological problems in studying its prevention and spread pp. 265-276

E. Maxine Ankrah

Methodological problems in the study of psychosocial influences on the AIDS process pp. 277-292

Howard B. Kaplan

Assumptions governing approaches to diagnosis and treatment pp. 293-300

Cor W. Aakster

Traditional or transitional medical systems? Pharmacotherapy as a case for analysis pp. 301-307

Michael Lim Tan

The health of adolescents: Beliefs and behaviour pp. 309-315

Herbert L. Friedman

Understanding childrens' health behaviour: The implications for health promotion for young people pp. 317-325

Don Nutbeam, Leif Aar and John Catford

Cultural variations in the response to psychiatric disorders and emotional distress pp. 327-339

Laurence J. Kirmayer

Differences in the approaches of the doctor, manager, politician and social scientist in health care controversies--Hospital case-mix management methods: An illustration of the manager's approach in health care controversies pp. 341-349

Gérard de Pouvourville

Technological disaster--Survival and bereavement pp. 351-356

Peter E. Hodgkinson

Ecological upheavals with special reference to desertification and predicting health impact pp. 357-367

Miriam K. Were

The contribution of medical care to inequalities in health: Differences between socio-economic groups in decline of mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention pp. 369-376

Johan P. Mackenbach, Karien Stronks and Anton E. Kunst

Generational equity in America: A cultural historian's perspective pp. 377-383

Thomas R. Cole

Justice across the generations pp. 385-394

Margaret A. Somerville

Non-governmental organizations in the health field: Collaboration, integration and contrasting aims pp. 395-402

Karl Smith

Man and his parasites: Integration of biomedical and social approaches to transmission and control pp. 403-411

Celia V. Holland

Nutrition and health: Patterns and policy perspectives in food-rich countries pp. 413-423

Nancy Milio

Pain: Its experience and treatments pp. 425-434

Isabelle Baszanger

Schools of thought on pain pp. 435-444

Mariet A. E. Vrancken

A new age for older people? policy shifts in health and social care pp. 445-454

Anne Jamieson

Professional reimbursement and professional behavior: Emerging issues and research challenges pp. 455-462

Bruce Rosen

Conceptual and methodological problems in research on the quality of life in clinical medicine pp. 463-468

Johannes Siegrist and Astrid Junge

Assumptions of the QALY procedure pp. 469-477

Roy A. Carr-Hill

1989, volume 29, articles 2

Conceptual, theoretical and methodological issues in self-care research pp. 117-123

Kathryn Dean

Self-care in health promotion pp. 125-130

Ilona Kickbusch

Control over health and patterns of health-related behaviour pp. 131-136

Michael Calnan

Self-care components of lifestyles: The importance of gender, attitudes and the social situation pp. 137-152

Kathryn Dean

Exploring the correlates of self-provided health care behaviour pp. 153-161

Alexander Segall and Jay Goldstein

Menstrual pain, health and behaviour in girls pp. 163-169

Juha Teperi and Matti Rimpelä

Self-care among older adults pp. 171-183

Marie R. Haug, May L. Wykle and Kevan H. Namazi

Self-care within a model for demand for medical care pp. 185-193

Niels Bentzen, Terkel Christiansen and Kjeld Møller Pedersen

From activated patient to pacified activist: A study of the self-care movement in the United States pp. 195-204

Gordon H. DeFriese, Alison Woomert, Priscilla A. Guild, Allan B. Steckler and Thomas R. Konrad

Mothers' benefit of a self-care booklet and a self-care educational session at child health centres pp. 205-212

Finn Rasmussen

A clinical trial of a self-care approach to the management of chronic headache in general practice pp. 213-219

Robin Winkler, Peter Underwood, Barry Fatovich, Ray James and Dennis Gray

Long-term outcomes of an arthritis self-management study: Effects of reinforcement efforts pp. 221-224

Kate Lorig and Halsted R. Holman

Benefits of self-help groups: A survey of 232 members from 65 disease-related groups pp. 225-232

Alf Trojan

Self-care in Israel: Physicians' views and perspectives pp. 233-244

Judith T. Shuval, Rachel Javetz and Diana Shye

The interpretation of self-care: A difference in outlook between clients and home-nurses pp. 245-252

W. M. Van Agthoven and H. N. Plomp

Statistical analysis of complex health and social data pp. 253-258

Svend Kreiner

Letter to the editor pp. 259-260

Daniel A. Bloch, Kate Lorig, Byron Wm. Brown and Lincoln E. Moses

Letter to the editor pp. 261-262

R. J. Lavers and R. A. Carr-Hill

1989, volume 29, articles 1

The social control of human biomedical research: An overview and review of the literature pp. 1-12

Paul R. Benson

Concepts about infant health, growth, and weaning: A comparison between nutritional scientists and madurese mothers pp. 13-22

Lenore J. Launer and Jean-Pierre Habicht

Social factors and trachoma: A review of the literature pp. 23-24

Rani Marx

Are people willing and able to pay for health services? pp. 35-42

Richard A. Yoder

Active patients: The integration of modern and traditional obstetric practices in Nepal pp. 43-52

Nadja Reissland and Richard Burghart

Migration, acculturation and utilization of primary health care pp. 53-60

Patrick Van der Stuyft, Aimé De Muynck, Leo Schillemans and Chris Timmerman

Overcoming 'psychosomatic' illness: Lay attributions of cure for five possible psychosomatic illness pp. 61-67

Adrian Furnham

Is religion therapeutically significant for hypertension? pp. 69-78

Jeffrey S. Levin and Harold Y. Vanderpool

Hypertension and asthma: Psychological aspects pp. 79-84

Frances M. Ford, M. Hunter, M. J. Hensley, A. Gillies, S. Carney, A. J. Smith, J. Bamford, M. Lenzer, G. Lister, S. Ravazdy and M. Steyn

The factor structure of the CES-D in the Hispanic health and nutrition examination survey: The influences of ethnicity, gender and language pp. 85-94

Peter J. Guarnaccia, Ronald Angel and Jacqueline Lowe Worobey

The impact of road construction on hospital in-patient catchments in the Meru district of Kenya pp. 95-106

Tony Airey

Sociology of hospitals and of patient-physician interaction in West Germany pp. 107-108

Thomas Kohlmann and Johannes Siegrist

A French research programme: Santé-maladie-société (1984-1988) pp. 109-111

Isabelle Baszanger, Geneviève Paicheler and Yves Souteyrand