Social Science & Medicine

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1988, volume 26, articles 12

Traditional thought and modern western surgery pp. 1175-1181

Pearl Katz and Faris R. Kirkland

The role of commercial sources in the adoption of a new drug pp. 1183-1189

Marilyn Y. Peay and Edmund R. Peay

Social science and medical education in Nigeria pp. 1191-1196

Isidore S. Obot

Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on nerves pp. 1197-1197

Dona Lee Davis

'Prisoners of their own feebleness': Women, nerves and western medicine--A historical overview pp. 1199-1208

Susan E. Cayleff

Medical and popular traditions of nerves pp. 1209-1221

Dona Lee Davis and Richard G. Whitten

The social meanings of nervios: A case study of a central American woman pp. 1223-1231

Peter J. Guarnaccia and Pablo Farias

Conceptions of schizophrenia as a problem of nerves: A cross-cultural comparison of Mexican-Americans and Anglo-Americans pp. 1233-1243

Janis H. Jenkins

'Nerves': Folk idiom for anxiety and depression? pp. 1245-1259

Marilyn K. Nations, Linda A. Camino and Frederic B. Walker

1988, volume 26, articles 11

The taxonomy of social support: An ethnographic analysis among adolescent mothers pp. 1079-1085

W.Thomas Boyce, Margarita Kay and Chris Uitti

The role of organizations in community participation--Prevention of accidental injuries in a rural Swedish municipality pp. 1087-1093

Lothar Schelp

The doctor-patient relationship during medical internship: The evolution of dissatisfaction pp. 1095-1101

Landy F. Sparr, Geoffrey H. Gordon, David H. Hickam and Donald E. Girard

Nurses autonomy and job satisfaction pp. 1103-1107

Sara Carmel, Ilana Shoham Yakubovich, Lea Zwanger and Tsila Zaltcman

A game-theoretic approach to donor kidney sharing pp. 1109-1116

Bernie J. O'Brien

Child morbidity in the Kingston metropolitan area, Jamaica 1983 pp. 1117-1124

Wilma Bailey

Warm bodies, cool milk: Conflicts in post partum food choice for Indochinese women in California pp. 1125-1132

Claudia Fishman, Robin Evans and Eloise Jenks

Communities, self-causation and the natural lottery pp. 1133-1139

Erich H. Loewy

Content of care by independent midwives: Assistance with pain in labor and birth pp. 1141-1158

Carol Sakala

Mutumwa nchimi healers and wizardry beliefs in Zambia pp. 1159-1172

Clive Dillon-Malone

Your neighbour's son: A film review with a commentary on psychosocial processes in the making of a torturer pp. 1173-1174

F. Allodi

1988, volume 26, articles 10

The aids crisis: A United States health care perspective pp. 979-988

Lawrence C. Shulman and Joanne E. Mantell

Ethnicity, gender, and utilization of mental health services in a medicaid population pp. 989-996

Helena Temkin-Greener and Kathryn T. Clark

Health in the early contact period: A contemporary example from Papua New Guinea pp. 997-1006

Carol L. Jenkins

Review of cancer among 4 religious sects: Evidence that life-styles are distinctive sets of risk factors pp. 1007-1017

Henry Troyer

Sex differences in factors affecting the daily variation of blood pressure pp. 1019-1023

Gary D. James, Lily S. Yee, Gregory A. Harshfield and Thomas G. Pickering

Youth unemployment and ill health: Results from a 2-year follow-up study pp. 1025-1033

Anne Hammarström, Urban Janlert and Töres Theorell

Audiology training in Nigeria--I: A training model pp. 1035-1042

John M.A. Oyiborhoro

Audiology training in Nigeria--II: A cost-effective approach to training programs pp. 1043-1047

John M.A. Oyiborhoro

Foreign medical graduates in New Zealand 1973-1979: A test of the 'exacerbation hypothesis' pp. 1049-1060

J.Ross Barnett

Naturopathy in Canada: Changing relationships to medicine, chiropractic and the state pp. 1061-1072

Elaine H. Gort and David Coburn

Longhouse dwelling, social contact and the prevalence of leprosy and tuberculosis among native tribes of Sarawak pp. 1073-1077

Paul C.Y. Chen

1988, volume 26, articles 9

Les interventions sanitaires sélectives: Un piège pour les politiques de santé du tiers monde pp. 879-889

Daniel Grodos and Xavier de Béthune

The evolution of selective primary health care pp. 891-898

Kenneth S. Warren

Selectivity within primary health care pp. 899-902

Julia A. Walsh

Selective primary health care: the counter revolution pp. 903-906

Kenneth W. Newell

Is there a middle way? Categorical programs for PHC pp. 907-908

W. Henry Mosley

Building the infrastructure for primary health care: An overview of vertical and integrated approaches pp. 909-917

Duane L. Smith and John H. Bryant

Priority setting and economic appraisal: Whose priorities--the community or the economist? pp. 919-929

Andrew Green and Carol Barker

Primary health care: on measuring participation pp. 931-940

Susan B. Rifkin, Frits Muller and Wolfgang Bichmann

Growth monitoring--inappropriate promotion of an appropriate technology pp. 941-948

David Nabarro and Paul Chinnock

Comprehensive can be effective: The influence of coverage with a health centre network on the hospitalisation patterns in the rural area of Kasongo, Zaire pp. 949-955

W. Van Lerberghe and K. Pangu

Government health services versus community: Conflict or harmony pp. 957-962

H. T. J. Chabot and J. Bremmers

Gobi versus PHC? Some dangers of selective primary health care pp. 963-969

Ben Wisner

The straw men of primary health care pp. 971-977

Carl Taylor and Richard Jolly

1988, volume 26, articles 8

Holistic health and the critique of western medicine pp. 775-784

Janet McKee

The place of chiropractors in health care delivery: A case study of north Carolina pp. 785-792

Wilbert M. Gesler

Pluralistic etiological systems in their social context: A Brazilian case study: In memory of James S. Coleman pp. 793-802

Ndolamb Ngokwey

Schistosomiasis in Ethiopia pp. 803-827

Helmut Kloos, Chin Tsong Lo, Hailu Birrie, Teklemariam Ayele, Shibru Tedla and Fekade Tsegay

Psychological distress, perceived health status, and physician utilization in America and west Germany pp. 829-838

William C. Cockerham, Gerhard Kunz and Guenther Lueschen

Childhood accidents, family size and birth order pp. 839-843

Polly E. Bijur, Jean Golding and Matthew Kurzon

The distribution of health needs and services in south Africa pp. 845-851

J.L. Botha, D. Bradshaw, R. Gonin and D. Yach

Holistic physicians and family practitioners: Similarities, differences and implications for health policy pp. 853-861

Michael S. Goldstein, Carol Sutherland, Dennis T. Jaffe and Josie Wilson

Methodological issues in social support and social network research pp. 863-873

Patrick O'Reilly

1988, volume 26, articles 7

Health and the social power of women pp. 677-683

Carol P. MacCormack

Choosing alternative medicine: A comparison of the beliefs of patients visiting a general practitioner and a homoeopath pp. 685-689

Adrian Furnham and Chris Smith

Doctors dispensing medications: Contemporary India and 19th century England pp. 691-699

Iris Kapil

Maternal and sociodemographic correlates of child morbidity in Bas Zaire: The effects of maternal reporting pp. 701-713

Amy Ong Tsui, Julia DeClerque and Nlandu Mangani

Information for decision makers at hospital laboratory level: An example of a graphical method of representing costs and effects for a replacement automated technology in a haematology laboratory pp. 715-725

A. K. Szczepura and J. A. Stilwell

Adolescent pregnancy in Africa: A programmatic focus pp. 727-735

Howard E. Kulin

Structural characteristics of social networks and their relationship with social support in the elderly: Who provides support pp. 737-749

Teresa E. Seeman and Lisa F. Berkman

Life-history correlates of environmental tobacco smoke: A study on nonsmoking Hong Kong Chinese wives with smoking versus nonsmoking husbands pp. 751-760

Linda C. Koo, John H-C. Ho and Ragnar Rylander

Swedish physicians' perspectives on work and the medical care system--III: Private practitioners on the public system pp. 761-768

Andrew C. Twaddle

Letter to the editor pp. 769-769

Ted Greiner

1988, volume 26, articles 6

The political economy of health care: Colonial Namibia 1915-1961 pp. 557-582

Keith Gottschalk

Offering patients a choice of surgery for early breast cancer: A reduction in anxiety and depression in patients and their husbands pp. 583-585

Jenny Morris and G. T. Royle

Models of mystery: Physician and patient perceptions of sudden infant death syndrome pp. 587-595

Anne L. Wright

A study of costs and behavioral outcomes of menstrual regulation services in Bangladesh pp. 597-604

Bonnie J. Kay and Sandra M. Kabir

Maternal employment and child nutrition in Panama pp. 605-612

Katherine Tucker and Diva Sanjur

Values and vocational choice: A study of value differences in medical, nursing and psychology students pp. 613-618

Adrian Furnham

Women in search of stability pp. 619-623

Wilma Bailey, Hugh Wynter and Amy Lee

Cognitive appraisals in cancer patients pp. 625-633

Richard A. Jenkins and Kenneth I. Pargament

Breastfeeding and cognitive development in the first 2 years of life pp. 635-639

Mary Morrow-Tlucak, Richard H. Haude and Claire B. Ernhart

Jakarta kampung morbidity variations: Some policy implications pp. 641-649

Ralph Lenz

Ethno-ophthalmology in the Egyptian delta: An historical systems approach to ethnomedicine in the Middle East pp. 651-657

Marcia Inhorn Millar and Sandra D. Lane

Are subarctic Indians undergoing the epidemiologic transition pp. 659-671

T. Kue Young

1988, volume 26, articles 5

Worksite health promotion: The social context pp. 485-489

Peter Conrad

Corporate characteristics and worksite health promotion programs: Survey findings from fortune 500 companies pp. 491-501

Roberta B. Hollander and Joseph J. Lengermann

Formal intervention in employee health: Comparisons of the nature and structure of employee assistance programs and health promotion programs pp. 503-514

Paul M. Roman and Terry C. Blum

Changing health practices: The experience from a worksite health promotion project pp. 515-523

Jennie J. Kronenfeld, Kirby L. Jackson, Keith E. Davis and Steven N. Blair

Gender differences in worksite health promotion activities pp. 525-535

M. A. Spilman

The effects of a worksite health promotion program on the wives of fire fighters pp. 537-543

Rick S. Zimmerman, Terence A. Gerace, John C. Smith and Julio Benezra

Health and fitness at work: A participants' perspective pp. 545-550

Peter Conrad

Workplace wellness participation and the becoming of self pp. 551-558

Joseph A. Kotarba and Pamela Bentley

The ideological construction of risk: An analysis of corporate health promotion programs in the 1980s pp. 559-567

Jacqui Alexander

Toward a sociology of worksite health promotion: A few reactions and reflections pp. 569-575

Diana Chapman Walsh

1988, volume 26, articles 4

Physicians and chronic impairment: A study of ophthalmologists' interactions with visually impaired and blind patients pp. 393-399

Susan L. Greenblatt

Religious values, practices and pregnancy outcomes: A comparison of the impact of sect and mainstream christian affiliation pp. 401-407

J. M. Najman, G. M. Williams, J. D. Keeping, J. Morrison and M. J. Anderson

Pharmacies as alternative sources of medical care: The case of Cincinnati pp. 409-416

Roger Mark Selya

The metaphorical nature of drugs and drug taking pp. 417-424

Michael Montagne

Evaluating the impact of medical treatment on the quality of life: A 5-year update pp. 425-434

James G. Hollandsworth

The economy of time in general practice: An assessment of the influence of list size pp. 435-441

Michael Calnan and J. R. Butler

Self-evaluations of factors promoting and disturbing sleep: An epidemiological survey in Finland pp. 443-450

Helka Urponen, Ilkka Vuori, Joel Hasan and Markku Partinen

Fluoride and flouridation pp. 451-462

Geoffrey E. Smith

Do health beliefs predict health behaviour? A follow-up analysis of breast self-examination pp. 463-465

Michael Calnan and D. R. Rutter

Work dynamics in family care of hemophilic children pp. 467-475

Evelyn K. Oremland

Psychotropic drug use in a Swedish community-- The importance of demographic and socioeconomic factors pp. 477-483

Dag Isacson and Bengt Haglund

1988, volume 26, articles 3

Stress research: Its present status and issues for future developments pp. 279-291

A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets and F. H. G. Marcelissen

Stress, salt and hypertension pp. 293-302

James P. Henry

Aerobic fitness and the physiological stress response: A critical evaluation pp. 303-307

L. J. P. van Doornen, E. J. C. de Geus and J. F. Orlebeke

The relationship between coping and emotion: Implications for theory and research pp. 309-317

Susan Folkman and Richard S. Lazarus

Life events, combat stress reaction and post-traumatic stress disorder pp. 319-325

Zahava Solomon and Hanoch Flum

Disclosure of traumas and psychosomatic processes pp. 327-332

James W. Pennebaker and Joan R. Susman

Chronic stress and sympathetic-adrenal medullary responsiveness pp. 333-341

Richard McCarty, Karin Horwatt and Maria Konarska

Migraine and defense mechanisms: Psychophysiological relationships in young females pp. 343-350

J. Passchier, P. Goudswaard, J. F. Orlebeke and F. Verhage

Stress-coping in migraine pp. 351-358

Marjolijn Sorbi and Bert Tellegen

Changing health behaviour outcomes in asthmatic patients: A pilot intervention study pp. 359-364

S. Maes and M. Schlösser

Social support and occupational stress: A causal analysis pp. 365-373

Frans H. G. Marcelissen, Jacques A. M. Winnubst, Bram Buunk and Charles J. de Wolff

Investigating the frequency of nursing stressors: A comparison across wards pp. 375-380

Philip J. Dewe

On the nature of social stress: Production of a modern mythology pp. 381-392

Kristian Pollock

1988, volume 26, articles 2

Living arrangements and women's health pp. 201-208

Ofra Anson

Intestinal helminthiases in relation to the socioeconomic environment of Panamanian children pp. 209-213

Celia V. Holland, Douglas L. Taren, D. W. T. Crompton, M. C. Nesheim, Diva Sanjur, Irma Barbeau, Katharine Tucker, Jean Tiffany and Gloria Rivera

Transformations of maps to investigate clusters of disease pp. 215-221

S. Selvin, D. Merrill, J. Schulman, S. Sacks, L. Bedell and L. Wong

National health interview surveys for health care policy pp. 223-233

Cri Kars-Marshall, Yvonne W. Spronk-Boon and Marjan C. Pollemans

Physical disability and social liminality: A study in the rituals of adversity pp. 235-242

Robert F. Murphy, Jessica Scheer, Yolanda Murphy and Richard Mack

Smoking and the female professions: Pre-occupational influences on the behaviour of recruits to nursing and teaching pp. 243-251

Andrea Knopf Elkind

Mortality in children among the Aymara Indians of Southern Peru pp. 253-258

Kees de Meer

Coffee drinking among Finnish youth pp. 259-264

Elina Hemminki, Ossi Rahkonen, Arja Rimpelä and Matti Rimpelä

Immunization coverage of children in a semi-urban village panchayat in Nepal, 1985 pp. 265-268

Indu B. Ahluwalia, Steven D. Helgerson and Frank J. Bia

Violent deaths among Mexican-, Puerto Rican- and Cuban-born migrants in the United States pp. 269-276

Donna Shai and Ira Rosenwaike

1988, volume 26, articles 1

Foreword pp. 1-1

Robert Earickson

Introduction pp. 3-4

Michael Greenberg

Time-space clustering of Vibrio cholerae 01 in Matlab, Bangladesh, 1970-1982 pp. 5-13

Marian Craig

Regional development and seasonality of communicable diseases in rural Andhra Pradesh, India pp. 15-24

Surinder M. Bhardwaj and Madhusudana N. Rao

What does distance matter? Leprosy control in West Nepal pp. 25-36

Maggie Pearson

Privatising residential care for elderly people: The geography of developments in Devon, England pp. 37-47

D.R. Phillips and J. Vincent

Migration and morbidity: Implications for geographical studies of disease pp. 49-54

Graham Bentham

Monitoring and predicting community mental health centre utilization in Auckland, New Zealand pp. 55-70

G.Brent Hall

Obstetric care in the Netherlands: Regional differentiation in home delivery pp. 71-78

L. Hingstman and H. Boon

The epidemiology of primary acute pancreatitis in greater Nottingham: 1969-1983 pp. 79-89

J.A. Giggs, J.B. Bourke and B. Katschinski

The comparison of health care systems through regional analysis: The case of hospital admissions in Belgium and The Netherlands pp. 91-100

Peter P. Groenewegen and Jouke Van Der Zee

Regional and welfare perspectives on the public-private hospital dichotomy in New Zealand pp. 101-110

Alun E. Joseph and Helen Flynn

DRG calculation and utilization patterns: A review of method and policy pp. 111-117

Joseph L. Scarpaci

A geographic regression model for medical statistics pp. 119-129

Susan Kennedy

Carrier models for the simulation of Hodgkin's disease: A review with some extensions pp. 131-140

R.W. Thomas

Display of small-area variation in health-related data: A methodology using resistant statistics pp. 141-151

Mary B. Breckenridge, Alfred F. Tallia and Robert C. Like

An hierarchical location-allocation model for primary health care delivery in a developing area pp. 153-161

M.J. Hodgson

A hybrid fleet model for emergency medical service system design pp. 163-171

Geoffrey Bianchi and Richard L. Church

Health education and baseline data: Issues and strategies in nutrition campaigning pp. 173-178

Graham Moon and Liz Twigg

Linking the geographical, the medical and the political in analysing health care delivery systems pp. 179-186

M.W. Rosenberg

Private property and public health reform in England 1830-1870 pp. 187-199

Gerry Kearns