Social Science & Medicine

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1987, volume 25, articles 12

Social policy and professional self-interest: Physician responses to DRGS pp. 1259-1267

Mark Notman, Kenneth R. Howe, William Rittenberg, Robert Bridgham, Margaret M. Holmes and David R. Rovner

Surgical birth: Interpretations of cesarean delivery among private hospital patients and nursing staff pp. 1269-1276

Carolyn Sargent and Nancy Stark

A case study of the interaction between indigenous and Western medicine among the Pokot of Kenya pp. 1277-1287

David Nyamwaya

Genital chlamydial infection: A role for social scientists pp. 1289-1299

Marcia Inhorn Millar

The bureaucratic context of international health: A social scientist's view pp. 1301-1306

Judith Justice

Historical review of the changing pattern of infant feeding in developing countries: The case of Malaysia, the Caribbean, Nigeria and Zaire pp. 1307-1320

Jean King and Ann Ashworth

Predicting low birthweight and complicated labor in urban black women: A biopsychosocial perspective pp. 1321-1327

Kenneth G. Reeb, Antonnette V. Graham, Stephen J. Zyzanski and Gay C. Kitson

Fluoridation pp. 1329-1329

Glen S. R. Walker

1987, volume 25, articles 11

Health insurance coverage of the working poor pp. 1183-1187

Marc L. Berk and Gail R. Wilensky

Non-attendance at outpatient clinics at the regional hospital, Galway, Ireland pp. 1189-1196

Mary E. Cawley and Fiona M. Stevens

The assessment of patients' distress in Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinics pp. 1197-1203

R. Fitzpatrick, G. Ikkos, D. Frost and S. Nazeer

Utility of the health belief model in examining medication compliance among psychiatric outpatients pp. 1205-1211

Gerard R. Kelly, Joyce A. Mamon and Jack E. Scott

Theoretical tensions in biopsychosocial medicine pp. 1213-1218

David Armstrong

Adapting to the unemployed role: A longitudinal investigation pp. 1219-1224

Peter Warr and Paul Jackson

Uses of formal and informal knowledge in the comprehension of instructions for oral rehydration therapy in Kenya pp. 1225-1234

Thomas O. Eisemon, Vimla L. Patel and Sarone Ole Sena

Dimensions of patient control in a free-standing birth center pp. 1235-1248

Ellen C. Annandale

Family medicine and psychosocial knowledge: How many hats can the family doctor wear? pp. 1249-1255

Michael Gropper

1987, volume 25, articles 10

Population mobility and disease transmission: The example of guinea worm pp. 1073-1081

Susan J. Watts

Improving the geographical accessibility of health care in rural areas: A Nigerian case study pp. 1083-1094

Bola Ayeni, Gerard Rushton and Michael L. McNulty

Psychological research and chronic low back pain: A stand-still or breakthrough? pp. 1095-1104

Anton J. M. Schmidt and Arnoud Arntz

The influence of traditional medicine in shaping medical care practices in Vietnam today pp. 1105-1110

Judith L. Ladinsky, Nancy D. Volk and Margaret Robinson

The dilemma of osteopathic physicians and the rationalization of medical practice pp. 1111-1120

Douglas Lee Eckberg

An ecological study of the relationship between risk indicators for social disintegration and use of a somatic emergency department pp. 1121-1127

Kjerstin Genell Andrén and Urban Rosenqvist

Patient-doctor communication on smoking and drinking: Lifestyle in medical consultations pp. 1129-1137

Ullabeth Sätterlund Larsson, Roger Säljö and Karin Aronsson

The pneumatic theory of female Warao herbalists pp. 1139-1146

Werner Wilbert

Ethnomedical treatment of children's diarrheal illness in the highlands of Equador pp. 1147-1155

Lauris McKee

Inside out: Women's world view and family health in an Ecuadorian Indian community pp. 1157-1162

Ruthbeth Finerman

Women and health care on a Guatemalan plantation pp. 1163-1173

Sheila Cosminsky

Letter to the editor pp. 1175-1176

A. Ramsay Tainsh

1987, volume 25, articles 9

Heart disease and the cultural construction of time: The type A behaviour pattern as a western culture-bound syndrome pp. 969-979

Cecil G. Helman

Variation in lifestyle characteristics and catecholamine excretion rates among young Western Samoan men pp. 981-986

Gary D. James, Paul T. Baker, David A. Jenner and G. Ainsworth Harrison

Folk flu and viral syndrome: An epidemiological perspective pp. 987-993

S. C. McCombie

The revenue generating potential of user fees in Kenyan government health facilities pp. 995-1002

Randall Ellis

Illness and health behaviour in Addis Ababa and rural central Ethiopia pp. 1003-1019

Helmut Kloos, Alemayehu Etea, Assefa Degefa, Hundessa Aga, Berhanu Solomon, Kabede Abera, Abebe Abegaz and Geto Belemo

Coping and social activity patterns among relatives of cancer patients pp. 1021-1025

Caroline Häggmark, Töres Theorell and Bengt Ek

The criminal justice/mental health system and the mentally retarded, mentally ill defendant pp. 1027-1032

Wright Williams and Jean Spruill

Guidelines for maintenance treatment of childhood asthma: Development of a score card system by multivariate cluster analysis pp. 1033-1038

W. J. Donnelly, J. E. Donnelly and Y. H. Thong

Bureaucratic aspects of international health agencies pp. 1039-1048

George M. Foster

Assessing social support in elderly adults pp. 1049-1055

Morris Weinberger, Sharon L. Hiner and William M. Tierney

Coping resources and health responses among men and women medical students pp. 1057-1062

Hildreth Y. Grossman, Patricia Salt, Carol Nadelson and Malkah Notman

An analysis of medical students' residency and specialty choices pp. 1063-1068

Mary P. Taggart, Steven A. Wartman and Albert F. Wessen

1987, volume 25, articles 8

Recurrent cost and public health care delivery: The other war in El Salvador pp. 867-874

John L. Fiedler

Price, policy and consumption of tobacco: The Finnish experience pp. 875-881

Markku Pekurinen and Hannu Valtonen

Health status and medical expenditures: More evidence of a link pp. 883-888

Barbara Wolfe and Mary Gabay

Intra-urban variations of neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in a developing city pp. 889-894

Michael R. Rip, Cecil S. Keen and David L. Woods

Epidemiology and community health: A strained connection? pp. 895-903

Hilary Burrage

The Nottingham health profile: A useful tool for epidemiologists? pp. 905-910

Paul Kind and Roy Carr-Hill

Undergraduate medical education in underdeveloped countries: The case of Pakistan pp. 911-919

S. Akbar Zaidi

Anthropology and prevention in north America: An introduction pp. 921-922

Genevieve M. Ames and Craig R. Janes

Primary prevention: A new look at basic concepts pp. 923-930

Lawrence Wallack and Marilyn Winkleby

A suicide prevention program for Hopi youth pp. 931-940

Jerrold E. Levy and Stephen J. Kunitz

Prevention of mental disorder among hmong refugees in the U.S.: Lessons from the period 1976-1986 pp. 941-947

Joseph Westermeyer

Heavy and problem drinking in an American blue-collar population: Implications for prevention pp. 949-960

Genevieve M. Ames and Craig R. Janes

Health promotion talk in family practice encounters pp. 961-966

Sarah H. Freeman

1987, volume 25, articles 7

Clinical relevance of grief and mourning among Cambodian refugees pp. 765-772

James K. Boehnlein

A critical review of international mortality data pp. 773-781

Christopher J. L. Murray

Communities, obligations and health-care pp. 783-791

Erich H. Loewy

Some aspects of birth seasonality in Kenya pp. 793-801

Alan G. Ferguson

Availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adaptibility: Four attributes of African ethno-medicine pp. 803-811

Charles Anyinam

Religion and differences in morbidity and mortality pp. 813-824

George K. Jarvis and Herbert C. Northcott

Heavy users of an emergency department--A two year follow-up study pp. 825-831

Kjerstin Genell Andrén and Urban Rosenqvist

Dyadic social-support for cardiac surgery patients--A Canadian approach pp. 833-837

Donna M. Meagher, Frances Gregor and Miriam Stewart

The process of acculturation: Theoretical perspectives and an empirical investigation in Peru pp. 839-847

Judith A. Richman, Moises Gaviria, Joseph A. Flaherty, Susan Birz and Ronald M. Wintrob

Different social network and social support characteristics, nervous problems and insomnia: Theoretical and methodological aspects on some results from the population study 'men born in 1914', Malmö, Sweden pp. 849-859

B. S. Hanson and P. -O. Östergren

The diagnostic process in primary care: A comparison of general internists and family physicians pp. 861-866

Deborah E. Simpson, Eugene C. Rich, Kathleen A. Dalgaard, Dwenda Gjerdingen, Terry W. Crowson, Daniel K. O'Brien and Paul E. Johnson

1987, volume 25, articles 6

AIDS as a social phenomenon pp. 529-539

F. J. Bennett

AIDS as a social phenomenon pp. 541-552

B. Velimirovic

Cultural issues in maternal and child health and nutrition pp. 553-559

Gretel H. Pelto

Stress and disease: The concept after 50 years pp. 561-566

Lawrence E. Hinkle

The study of stress and disease: Some developments and requirements pp. 567-578

S. Maes, A. Vingerhoets and G. Van Heck

Medical sociology and epidemiology: Convergences, divergences and legitimate boundaries pp. 579-587

Ingeborg P. Spruit and Daan Kromhout

The changing role and legitimate boundaries of epidemiology: community-based prevention programmes pp. 589-598

Jaakko Tuomilehto and Pekka Puska

The impact and integration of behavioural sciences in the education of health care professionals pp. 599-604

Onigu Otite

Participation: Myths, realities and prognosis pp. 605-614

Arthur Brownlea

Community involvement in health policy; Socio-structural and dynamic aspects of health beliefs pp. 615-620

T. N. Madan

The economics of essential drug programmes pp. 621-624

George Teeling Smith

Economics of essential drugs schemes: The perspectives of the developing countries pp. 625-630

Joseph K. Wang'Ombe and Germano M. Mwabu

The philosophical basis of medical ethics pp. 631-636

Maurizio Mori

Medical ethics, moral philosophy and moral tradition pp. 637-644

Thomas H. Murray

The political abuse of medicine pp. 645-648

Arnt Meyer-Lie

The political abuse of medicine and the challenge of opposing it pp. 649-657

Anthony B. Zwi

Toward a comprehensive evaluation of alternative medicine pp. 659-667

Cai Jingfeng

Problems in the evaluation of alternative medicine pp. 669-678

Mahesh S. Patel

The role of socio-behavioural scientists in health care practice pp. 679-687

F. M. Hull

Improving the fit between social science and health care practice: Suggested next steps for the researcher pp. 689-696

Theresa F. Rogers

Reproduction trends and the emergence of moral panic pp. 697-704

Jalna Hanmer

Medical ethics in the primary care setting pp. 705-709

Harmon L. Smith

Social and psychological care before and during hospitalization pp. 711-720

Hans S. Falck

Social and psychological care before and during hospitalisation pp. 721-732

David Hall

Medicalization and its discontents pp. 733-740

Madeleine J. Goodman and Lenn E. Goodman

The viability of the concept of a primary health care team: A view from the medical humanities pp. 741-746

David Barnard

The viability of the concept of a primary health care team in developing countries pp. 747-752

Ties Boerma

When is a data set complete? A squirrel with a vacuum cleaner pp. 753-764

Roy A. Carr-Hill

1987, volume 25, articles 5

Barriers to physician-nurse collegiality: An anthropological perspective pp. 421-425

Nancy Campbell-Heider and Donald Pollock

International cross-section analysis of the determination of mortality pp. 427-441

Hugh Gravelle and M.E. Backhouse

Community-based health workers: Head start or false start towards health for all? pp. 443-459

Peter A. Berman, Davidson R. Gwatkin and Susan E. Burger

Health service efficiency: Appraising the appraisers--A critical review of economic appraisal in practice pp. 461-472

C.A. Blades, Anthony Culyer and A. Walker

Progress towards achieving health for all New Zealanders by the year 2000 pp. 473-479

Laurence Malcolm

Health care institutions in a regional network: A longitudinal case study of inter-organizing pp. 481-484

A.H. van der Zwaan

La mortalite evitable en belgique pp. 485-493

P.C. Humblet, R. Lagasse, G.F.G. Moens, E. Wollast and H. van de Voorde

Community water-contact patterns and the transmission of schistosoma haematobium in the highveld region of Zimbabwe pp. 495-505

Stephen K. Chandiwana

Why do people go to the doctor? Sex differences in the correlates of GP consultation pp. 507-513

Monica E. Briscoe

Swedish physicians' perspectives on work and the medical care system--II: The cases of child and maternal health physicians pp. 515-524

Andrew C. Twaddle

1987, volume 25, articles 4

Hot-cold food and medical theories: Overview and introduction pp. 329-330

Lenore Manderson

Why is humoral medicine so popular? pp. 331-337

E. N. Anderson

The hot and cold in mesoamerican indigenous and hispanicized thought pp. 339-346

Ellen Messer

Hot and cold in women's ethnotherapeutics: The American-Mexican west pp. 347-355

Margarita Kay and Marianne Yoder

Destructive heat and cooling prayer: Malay humoralism in pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period pp. 357-365

Carol Laderman

Cold wombs in Balmy Honolulu: Ethnogynecology among Korean immigrants pp. 367-376

Laurel Kendall

Cultural dimensions of hot, cold and sema in Sinhalese health culture pp. 377-387

Mark Nichter

Hot and cold as an explanatory model: The example of Bharuch district in Gujarat, India pp. 389-399

Robert Pool

Food classifications and the diets of young children in rural Egypt pp. 401-404

Soheir Sukkary-Stolba

Concepts of disease causation, treatment and prevention among Hong Kong Chinese: Diversity and eclecticism pp. 405-417

Linda C. Koo

1987, volume 25, articles 3

The 'serpent-stone' or the 'black-stone' pp. 229-230

Antonio Scarpa

The role of massage in South Asia: Child health and development pp. 231-239

Nadja Reissland and Richard Burghart

A critical re-examination of the economics of blindness prevention under the onchocerciasis control programme pp. 241-249

Timothy G. Evans and Christopher J.L. Murray

A measure of the 'sick' label in psychiatric disorder and physical illness pp. 251-261

Morton Beiser, Nancy Waxler-Morrison, William G. Iacono, Tsung-Yi Lin, Jonathan A.E. Fleming and Janice Husted

Living with psychiatric patients: Implications for the mental health of family members pp. 263-272

Samuel Noh and R.Jay Turner

Pharmaceuticals in the Third World: The local perspective pp. 273-276

Sjaak Van der Geest

The use of modern pharmaceuticals in a Filipino village: Doctors' prescription and self medication pp. 277-292

Anita P. Hardon

Self-care and the informal sale of drugs in South Cameroon pp. 293-305

Sjaak Van Der Geest

Drug information and sale practices in some pharmacies of Colombo, Sri Lanka pp. 319-321

Ivan Wolffers

1987, volume 25, articles 2

Foreword pp. 99-99

Jo E. Asvall

Employment, economy and care in Sweden by the year 2000 pp. 103-110

Mårten Lagergren

The employed unemployed: The subterranean economy in Spain pp. 111-113

Louis Lemkow

The choices to be made pp. 115-117

Gunnar Adler-Karlsson

Economic change, alcohol consumption and heart disease mortality in nine industrialized countries pp. 119-132

M. Harvey Brenner

Unemployed youth and health: Findings from the pilot phase of a longitudinal study pp. 133-146

John H. Cullen, Gerard M. Ryan, Kevin M. Cullen, Thomas Ronayne and Richard F. Wynne

Youth unemployment--individual and societal consequences, and new research approaches pp. 147-152

Jan Carle

Long-term unemployment among women in Sweden pp. 153-161

Sten-Olof Brenner and Lennart Levi

Coping with unemployment--A contribution to the understanding of women's unemployment pp. 163-171

Bengt Starrin and Gerry Larsson

Prolonged unemployment and depression in older workers: A longitudinal study of intervening variables pp. 173-178

Michael Frese and Gisela Mohr

The psychological meaning of job insecurity and job loss: Results of a longitudinal study pp. 179-182

Lars Joelson and Leif Wahlquist

Relation of economic change to Swedish health and social well-being, 1950-1980 pp. 183-195

M. Harvey Brenner

Unemployment and health--new approaches in research and social action pp. 197-199

Bertil Bolin

International social and health policies to prevent ill health in the unemployment: the world health organization perspective pp. 201-204

Per-Gunnar Svensson

Economic growth and industrial expansion and renewal as instruments to achieve full employment pp. 205-207

Per-Martin Meyerson

Some experiences of Yugoslavia in solving of unemployment pp. 209-212

Viktoria Cucic

Alleviating depression in the unemployed: Adequate financial support, hope and early retirement pp. 213-215

Michael Frese

Unemployment causes ill health: The wrong track pp. 217-218

Aubrey R. Kagan

An alternative model pp. 219-222

Gunnar Adler-Karlsson

Some observations on 'unemployment and health' research pp. 223-225

Ian Miles

1987, volume 25, articles 1

Cultural change, growth and feeding of children in an isolated rural region of Yemen pp. 1-7

Peter Underwood and Barrie Margetts

A geographical analysis of the relationship between early childhood death and socio-economic environment in an English city pp. 9-18

Diane Robinson and Steven Pinch

Sports medicine in the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic pp. 19-26

Jim Riordan

Comments pp. 26-26

P. Jako

Comments pp. 26-27

Don Anthony

Social ties, social support, and perceived health status among chronically disabled people pp. 29-34

Nancy G. Kutner

Humanism and medicine pp. 35-37

Vladimir Milanovic

Comments pp. 37-40

Vuk Stambolovic

Comments pp. 40-41

Donna E. Parmelee

Rejoinder pp. 41-41

Vladimir Milanovic and Vuk Stambolovic

Does indirect consultation lead to overprescribing in general practice? pp. 43-46

Flora M. Haaijer-Ruskamp, Roy Stewart and Harry Wesseling

Women's smoking and family health pp. 47-56

Hilary Graham

Women's health and labour force status: An enquiry using a multi-point measure of labour force participation pp. 57-63

Ofra Anson and Jon Anson

Development, use and evaluation of drugs: The dominating technology in the health care system pp. 65-73

Ebba Holme Hansen and Laila Launsø

Capital intensive hospital technology and illness: An analysis of American state data pp. 75-87

John Ost and Murray A. Straus

The impact of rheumatoid arthritis on the homemaker pp. 89-95

Susan T. Reisine, Carol Goodenow and Kathleen E. Grady

Characteristics of maternal age, parity, social class and breast feeding patterns in Benin City, Nigeria pp. 97-98

K.A. Oyarebu