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1988, volume 27, articles 12

Medical compliance as an ideology pp. 1299-1308

James A. Trostle

Sports participation and health status: A preliminary analysis pp. 1309-1316

K.L. Lamb, S. Dench, D.A. Brodie and K. Roberts

Socioeconomic status and health status: A study of males in the Canada health survey pp. 1317-1325

David Ian Hay

Revision of the Italian psychiatric reform: North/South differences and future strategies pp. 1327-1335

Paola Bollini, Michael Reich and Giovanni Muscettola

Predictive value of life events, psychosocial factors and self-rated health on disability in an elderly rural French population pp. 1337-1342

A. Grand, P. Grosclaude, H. Bocquet, J. Pous and J.L. Albarede

The concept of flow in Rwandan popular medicine pp. 1343-1348

Christopher C. Taylor

Depression in unemployed Swedish women pp. 1349-1355

Ellen M. Hall and Jeffrey V. Johnson

Maternal education and child survival in developing countries: The search for pathways of influence pp. 1357-1368

John G. Cleland and Jerome K. van Ginneken

Is there a religious factor in health care utilization?: A review pp. 1369-1379

Preston L. Schiller and Jeffrey S. Levin

How physicians choose drugs pp. 1381-1386

P. Denig, F.M. Haaijer-Ruskamp and D.H. Zijsling

Effects of a community-wide smoking cessation program pp. 1387-1392

Robert J. Wheeler

The role of social support and life stress events in use of mental health services pp. 1393-1400

Cathy Donald Sherbourne

Practice compatibility and type of framework: Essential dimensions in the salaried primary care practitioners' approach to practice pp. 1401-1409

Zeev Ben-Sira

The Nottingham health profile: An analysis of its sensitivity in differentiating illness groups pp. 1411-1414

Crispin Jenkinson, Ray Fitzpatrick and Michael Argyle

Pharmaceuticals in two Brazilian villages: Lay practices and perceptions pp. 1415-1427

Hilbrand Haak

Alcohol-related knowledge, beliefs and attitudes among health and clerical personnel pp. 1429-1432

Kari Poikolainen

Cornell medical index responses and mortality in a Polynesian population pp. 1433-1437

Douglas E. Crews and Jay D. Pearson

The urban community as the client in preterm birth prevention: Evaluation of a program component pp. 1439-1446

Margaret Comerford Freda, Karla Damus and Irwin R. Merkatz

The impacts of positive psychological states on physical health: A review and theoretical framework pp. 1447-1459

Jeffrey R. Edwards and Cary L. Cooper

Accountability of anthropologists, indigenous healers and their governments: A plea for reasonable medicine pp. 1461-1464

Morton Glasser

1988, volume 27, articles 11

Can collaborative programs between biomedical and African indigenous health practitioners succeed? pp. 1125-1130

Edward C. Green

The transformation of Zimbabwe's health care system: A review of the white paper on health pp. 1131-1138

Pran Manga

Information and decision-making preferences of hospitalized adult cancer patients pp. 1139-1145

Christina G. Blanchard, Mark S. Labrecque, John C. Ruckdeschel and Edward B. Blanchard

Assessing alcoholism as a risk factor for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) pp. 1147-1152

Craig A. Molgaard, Chester Nakamura, Melbourne Hovell and John P. Elder

Private medicine and the privatisation of health care in South Africa pp. 1153-1170

C. David Naylor

Entre 'sickness' et 'illness': De la socialisation a l'individualisation de la 'maladie' pp. 1171-1182

Andras Zempléni

A human development intervention in the Philippines: Effect on child morbidity pp. 1183-1188

John H. Hill, M. E. Woods and Steven D. Dorsey

Workers' perceptions, knowledge and responses regarding occupational health and safety: A report on a Canadian study pp. 1189-1196

Vivienne Walters and Ted Haines

Symbolic, ritual and social dynamics of spiritual healing pp. 1197-1206

Deborah C. Glik

Health through three life stages: A longitudinal study of urban black adolescents pp. 1207-1213

Ann F. Brunswick and Cheryl R. Merzel

Psychological distress and the decision to seek medical care pp. 1215-1221

Emil Berkanovic, Margo-Lea Hurwicz and John Landsverk

Health services inequalities in Nigeria pp. 1223-1235

Dennis A. Ityavyar

Social factors affecting use of immunization in Indonesia pp. 1237-1245

Streatfield Kim and Masri Singarimbun

Statutory change and 'street-level' implementation of psychiatric commitment pp. 1247-1256

Jonathan I. Marx and Richard M. Levinson

Choice of surgery for early breast cancer: Psychosocial considerations pp. 1257-1262

Jenny Morris and Roger Ingham

Children and core-periphery differences pp. 1263-1268

Heikki S. Vuorinen, Peter A. Floman and Ilkka S. Väänänen

Gender differences in tobacco use in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America pp. 1269-1275

Ingrid Waldron, Gary Bratelli, Laura Carriker, Wei-Chin Sung, Christine Vogeli and Elizabeth Waldman

Causal reasoning and the treatment of diarrhoeal disease by mothers in Kenya pp. 1277-1286

Vimla L. Patel, Thomas O. Eisemon and JoséF. Arocha

Modeling hospital closure relative to organizational theory: The applicability of ecology theory's environmental determinism and adaptation perspectives pp. 1287-1294

Blair D. Gifford and Ross M. Mullner

Distribution of knowledge of AIDS: A national study pp. 1295-1298

Michael W. Ross

1988, volume 27, articles 10

Social policy for pollution-related diseases pp. 1011-1018

Michael R. Reich

Science and persuasion: Environmental disease in U.S. courts pp. 1019-1029

Leslie I. Boden, J. Raymond Miyares and David Ozonoff

Scientific information in judicial and administrative systems pp. 1031-1041

Edward J. Burger

Compensation of pollution-related health damage in Japan pp. 1043-1052

Bruce Aronson

Current problems and prospects with the Japanese compensation system for pollution-related health damage pp. 1053-1059

Takehisa Awaji and Tsuneo Tsukatani

A review of legal and policy issues in legislating compensation for victims of toxic substance pollution pp. 1061-1070

Stephen M Soble and Janis H Brennan

Collective judicial management of mass toxic tort controversies: Lessons and issues from the agent orange litigation pp. 1071-1084

Lawrence B. Novey

Major industrial risks and compensation of victims: The role for insurance pp. 1085-1095

Henri Smets

The psychological dimensions of health care for patients exposed to radiation and the other invisible environmental contaminants pp. 1097-1103

Henry M. Vyner

Some international law aspects of the Bhopal disaster pp. 1105-1112

Y.K. Tyagi and Armin Rosencranz

The Bhopal disaster and the right to know pp. 1113-1123

Sheila Jasanoff

1988, volume 27, articles 9

Transforming China's collective health care system: A village study pp. 879-888

Shu-Min Huang

Post-1950 mortality trends and medical care: Gains in life expectancy due to declines in mortality from conditions amenable to medical intervention in the Netherlands pp. 889-894

Johan P. Mackenbach, Caspar W.N. Looman, Anton E. Kunst, J.Dik F. Habbema and Paul J. van der Maas

Contributions of patients to general practitioner consultations in relation to their understanding of doctor's instructions and advice pp. 895-900

E.J. Robinson and M.J. Whitfield

Mortality and living conditions: Relative mortality levels and their relation to the physical quality of life in urban populations pp. 901-910

Jon Anson

Regional variations in cardiovascular mortality in Sweden--Structural vulnerability in the local community pp. 911-917

Bengt Starrin, Gerry Larsson and Sten-Olof Brenner

Ritual coordination of medical pluralism in highland Nepal: Implications for policy pp. 919-925

Barbara Parker

Towards a conceptual framework of lay evaluation of health care pp. 927-933

Michael Calnan

What patients like about their medical care and how often they are asked: A meta-analysis of the satisfaction literature pp. 935-939

Judith A. Hall and Michael C. Dornan

Oral contraceptives, sociocultural beliefs and psychiatric symptoms pp. 941-945

M. Fakhr El-Islam, Taha H. Malasi and Sanaa I. Abu-Dagga

Identifying factors associated with health care use: A hospital-based risk screening index pp. 947-954

Ron L. Evans, Robert D. Hendricks, Kaye V. Lawrence and Duane S. Bishop

Computerized calculation of essential drug requirements pp. 955-970

Robert Soeters and Wilbert Bannenberg

La geographie du cancer de l'oesophage pp. 971-985

P. Ghadirian, J.P. Thouez and A. Simard

Do British women undergo too many or too few hysterectomies? pp. 987-994

Angela Coulter, Klim McPherson and Martin Vessey

Adolescents and nuclear arms issues pp. 995-998

Amiram M. Sheffet, Harry M. Zutz, Jules A. Titelbaum and Donald B. Louria

Life stressors and social resources: An integrated assessment approach pp. 999-1002

Rudolf H. Moos, Catharine B. Fenn and Andrew G. Billings

1988, volume 27, articles 8

Techniques of healing in Southeast Asia pp. 747-750

Carol Laderman and Penny Van Esterik

To strengthen and refresh: Herbal therapy in Southeast Asia pp. 751-759

Penny Van Esterik

The interplay of traditional therapies in south Thailand pp. 761-768

Louis Golomb

Folk medicine in Laos: A comparison between two ethnic groups pp. 769-778

Joseph Westermeyer

Healing texts and healing techniques in indigenous Balinese medicine pp. 779-787

Ann P. McCauley

Doctoring by go-between: Aspects of health care for Malay children pp. 789-797

Josiane Massard

Wayward winds: Malay archetypes, and theory of personality in the context of shamanism pp. 799-810

Carol Laderman

The pragmatics of aesthetics: The performance of healing among Senoi temiar pp. 811-818

Marina Roseman

The drum is the shaman, the spear guides his voice pp. 819-828

Janet Hoskins

Healing boundaries in south Kalimantan pp. 829-839

Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

Severing the bonds of love: A case study in soul loss pp. 841-856

Mary Margaret Steedly

Ambiguity, synecdoche and affect in semai medicine pp. 857-877

Robert Knox Dentan

1988, volume 27, articles 7

Health, apartheid and the frontline states pp. 661-665

Anthony Zwi, Shula Marks and Neil Andersson

Apartheid and health in the 1980s pp. 667-681

Neil Andersson and Shula Marks

Tuberculosis in the Western Cape health region of South Africa pp. 683-689

Derek Yach

Occupational health and safety in South Africa: The perspectives of capital, state and unions pp. 691-702

Anthony Zwi, Sharon Fonn and Malcolm Steinberg

The consequences of health service privatisation for equality and equity in health care in South Africa pp. 703-716

Max Price

Health as a target: South Africa's destabilization of Mozambique pp. 717-722

Julie Cliff and Abdul Razak Noormahomed

The economy, the health sector and child health in Zimbabwe since independence pp. 723-731

David Sanders and Rob Davies

Labour insecurity and health: An epidemiological study in Zimbabwe pp. 733-741

Rene Loewenson

Health, nutrition and agricultural development in Northern Zambia pp. 743-745

Megan Vaughan and Henrietta Moore

1988, volume 27, articles 6

Effects of HIV infection, perceived health and clinical status on a cohort at risk for aids pp. 569-578

Ronald C. Kessler, Kerth O'Brien, Jill G. Joseph, David G. Ostrow, John P. Phair, Joan S. Chmiel, Camille B. Wortman and Carol-Ann Emmons

Images of general practice: The perceptions of the doctor pp. 579-586

Michael Calnan

Biocultural belief and iodine prophylaxis pp. 587-596

Renate Lellep Fernandez

Self-assessment of health before and after a myocardial infarction pp. 597-605

John G. Mæland and Odd E. Havik

Child mortality in a Nigerian City: Its levels and socioeconomic differentials pp. 607-614

Gbolahan A. Oni

Occupation, marriage and disease-specific mortality concordance pp. 615-622

Fletcher, Ben (c)

Type a behavior pattern and illness other than coronary heart disease pp. 623-626

Kazimierz Wrzesniewski, Julian Wonicki and Jan Turlejski

The effect of child fostering on feeding practices and access to health services in rural Sierra Leone pp. 627-636

Caroline H. Bledsoe, Douglas C. Ewbank and Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe

Meta-analysis of satisfaction with medical care: Description of research domain and analysis of overall satisfaction levels pp. 637-644

Judith A. Hall and Michael C. Dornan

'Repetition strain injury': An Australian epidemic of upper limb pain pp. 645-649

Wayne Hall and Louise Morrow

Reasons for non-attendance for computer-managed cervical screening: Pilot interviews pp. 651-660

Andrea Knopf Elkind, Dave Haran, Anne Eardley and Brenda Spencer

1988, volume 27, articles 5

Permanence and change in Asian health care pp. 415-416

Beatrix Pfleiderer

The semiotics of ritual healing in a North Indian Muslim shrine pp. 417-424

Beatrix Pfleiderer

From mantra to mataráa: Opacity and transparency in the language of Tobelo magic and medicine (Halmahera Island, Indonesia) pp. 425-436

Paul Michael Taylor

Supernaturalist curers and sorcery accusations in Thailand pp. 437-443

Louis Golomb

Healing thyself: A Korean shaman's afflictions pp. 445-450

Laurel Kendall

Bereavement and loss in two Muslim communities: Egypt and Bali compared pp. 451-460

Unni Wikan

The quality of a mother's milk and the health of her child: Beliefs and practices of the women of Mithila pp. 461-469

Nadja Reissland and Richard Burghart

Humoral concepts of mental illness in India pp. 471-477

Mitchell G. Weiss, Amit Desai, Sushrut Jadhav, Lalit Gupta, S.M. Channabasavanna, D.R. Doongaji and Prakash B. Behere

Exploring pluralism--The many faces of Ayurveda pp. 479-489

Carolyn R. Nordstrom

Ayurvedic treatment for jaundice in Nepal pp. 491-495

Maureen Durkin

Childbearing in Korea pp. 497-504

Dorothea Sich

Modes of production and medicine: An examination of the theory in light of Sherpa medical traditionalism pp. 505-513

Vincanne Adams

Hegemony and healing in rural North Yemen pp. 515-520

Cynthia Myntti

Integration of traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine--Right or wrong? pp. 521-529

Cai Jingfeng

Plural medicine in Sri Lanka: Do ayurvedic and western medical practices differ? pp. 531-544

Nancy E. Waxler-Morrison

Illness behaviour in Sri Lanka: Results of a survey in two Sinhalese communities pp. 545-552

Ivan Wolffers

International consultation and the homogenization of psychiatry in Southeast Asia pp. 553-561

Nick Higginbotham and Anthony J. Marsella

Pharmaceuticals and health policy: An Indian example pp. 563-567

Andrew Stoker and Roger Jeffery

1988, volume 27, articles 4

Inequalities? Social class differentials in health in British youth pp. 291-296

Patrick West

AIDS and the human community pp. 297-303

Erich H. Loewy

HMOs in the U.S.A. and Britain: A new prospect for health care? pp. 305-320

Geof Rayner

The expectation of life without disability in England and Wales pp. 321-326

A. C. Bebbington

A review of the social patterning and significance of measures of height, weight, blood pressure and respiratory function pp. 327-337

Sally Macintyre

Defining death: Organ transplants, tradition and technology in Japan pp. 339-343

Eric A. Feldman

Origins and stability of children's health beliefs relative to medicine use pp. 345-352

Patricia J. Bush and Ronald J. Iannotti

Traditional medicine and the stakes of legitimation in Senegal pp. 353-357

Didier Fassin and Eric Fassin

Health surveys in developing countries: The objectives and design of an international programme pp. 359-368

Ian Timaeus, Trudy Harpham, Max Price and Lucy Gilson

Immediate effectiveness of brief psychological training for health professionals dealing with terminally ill cancer patients: A controlled study pp. 369-375

Darius Razavi, Nicole Delvaux, Christine Farvacques and Edmond Robaye

Artificial insemination using donor semen and the issue of secrecy: The views of donors and recipient couples pp. 377-383

Ken R. Daniels

Social support and recovery after surgery for breast cancer: Frequency and correlates of supportive behaviours by family, friends and surgeon pp. 385-392

Sandra J. Neuling and Helen R. Winefield

Comparison of infants dying from the sudden infant death syndrome with matched live controls pp. 393-397

Sheila Bartholomew and B. A. MacArthur

Social relationships and psychological well-being in rheumatoid arthritis pp. 399-403

Ray Fitzpatrick, Stanton Newman, Rosemarie Lamb and Michael Shipley

Advantages of breastfeeding according to Turkish mothers living in Istanbul and Stockholm pp. 405-410

Tahire Koctürk

1988, volume 27, articles 3

The jungle and the aroma of meats: An ecological theme in Hindu medicine pp. 197-206

Francis Zimmermann

Confrontation and politeness strategies in physician-patient interactions pp. 217-221

Lynne S. Robins and Fredric M. Wolf

The development of medical sociology in Finland pp. 223-229

Eero Lahelma and Elianne Riska

Climate, diffused solar radiation and multiple sclerosis pp. 231-238

Joyce M. Laborde, William A. Dando and Merle L. Teetzen

Unemployment and psychiatric distress: Social resources and coping pp. 239-247

Margaret E. Ensminger and David D. Celentano

Unintended pregnancies that lead to babies pp. 249-254

Ann Cartwright

Predicting the effect of hospital closure on hospital utilization patterns pp. 255-262

Sara McLafferty

Psychotropic drug use in a Swedish community--Patterns of individual use during 2 years pp. 263-267

Dag Isacson, Kerstin Carsjö, Bengt Haglund and Björn Smedby

A comparison of two survey measures of health status pp. 269-275

Ralph Leavey and David Wilkin

A psychosocial perspective in the explanation of patients' drug-taking behavior pp. 277-285

L.Douglas Ried and Dale B. Christensen

Self-medication among primary care patients in Farazdak clinic in Riyadh pp. 287-289

Abdalla Abdelwahid Saeed

1988, volume 27, articles 2

Poverty and disease: Need for structural change pp. 119-127

S. Akbar Zaidi

From vice to madness: The semantics of naturalistic and personalistic understandings in Trinidadian local medicine pp. 129-148

Roland Littlewood

Marriage and the psychological consequences of a heart attack: A longitudinal study of adaptation to chronic illness after 3 years pp. 149-158

Millard Waltz, Bernhard Badura, Holgar Pfaff and Thomas Schott

Cancer care--A stress for health professionals pp. 159-166

Nicole Delvaux, Darius Razavi and Christine Farvacques

Predictors of prenatal care utilization pp. 167-172

Thomas P. McDonald and Andrew F. Coburn

Journey patterns of the elderly and disabled in the cotswolds: A spatial analysis pp. 173-180

R. L. Gant and J. A. Smith

The single parent family and the child's mental health pp. 181-186

Irma Moilanen and Paula Rantakallio

Psychiatric disorders and selected variables among medical students in Belgrade (Yugoslavia) pp. 187-190

Ljubomir Eric, Zoran Radovanovic, Ivana Jevremovic and Jelena Marinkovic

1988, volume 27, articles 1

Anthropological studies of diarrheal illness pp. 1-3

Jeannine Coreil and J. Dennis Mull

Cultural models of diarrheal illness: Conceptual framework and review pp. 5-16

Mitchell G. Weiss

The implementation of a diarrheal disease control program in Honduras: Is it 'selective primary health care' or 'integrated primary health care'? pp. 17-23

Carl Kendall

Mystification of a simple solution: Oral rehydration therapy in Northeast Brazil pp. 25-38

Marilyn K. Nations and L. A. Rebhun

From aralu to ORS: Sinhalese perceptions of digestion, diarrhea, and dehydration pp. 39-52

Mark Nichter

Mothers' concepts of childhood diarrhea in rural Pakistan: What ORT program planners should know pp. 53-67

J. Dennis Mull and Dorothy S. Mull

Some preliminary considerations on the sobada: A traditional treatment for gastrointestinal illness in Costa Rica pp. 69-73

Sharleen H. Simpson

The household management of childhood diarrhea in rural North India pp. 75-85

Margaret E. Bentley

Adoption of oral rehydration therapy among Haitian mothers pp. 87-96

Jeannine Coreil and Eddy Genece

Anthropological involvement in the Central American diarrheal disease control project pp. 97-105

Susan C. M. Scrimshaw and Elena Hurtado

Rapid ethnographic assessment: Applications in a diarrhea management program pp. 107-116

Margaret E. Bentley, Gretel H. Pelto, Walter L. Straus, Debra A. Schumann, Catherine Adegbola, Emanuela de la Pena, Gbolahan A. Oni, Kenneth H. Brown and Sandra L. Huffman

Anthropology and oral rehydration therapy pp. 117-118

Alfred K. Neumann