Social Science & Medicine

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1986, volume 23, articles 12

Geriatric care and distributive justice: Problems and prospects pp. 1205-1215

Derek G. Gill and Stanley R. Ingman

Anticipating the needs of the U.S. aged in the 21st century: Dilemmas in epidemiology, gerontology, and public policy pp. 1217-1227

Richard A. Lusky

The social creation of dependence, dependency ratios, and the elderly in the United States: A critical analysis pp. 1229-1236

Toni M. Calasanti and Alessandro Bonanno

Reforming medicare: The limited framework of political discourse on equity and economy pp. 1237-1250

Georgia K. Walker

Policy intellectuals, class struggle and the construction of old age: The creation of the Social Security Act of 1935 pp. 1251-1260

Barbara G. Brents

The non-profit sector and community-based care for the elderly in the U.S.: A disappearing resource? pp. 1261-1266

Carroll L. Estes and Juanita B. Wood

Analysing access to nursing home care pp. 1267-1277

Anna L. Howe, Colleen Phillips and George A. N. Preston

Distributive justice and the treatment of acute illness in nursing homes pp. 1279-1286

Jeanie Schmit Kayser-Jones

Social policy and everyday life in nursing homes: A critical ethnography pp. 1287-1295

Timothy Diamond

Improving care in nursing homes using community advocacy pp. 1297-1303

Constance Williams

Social insurance and the delivery of social services in France pp. 1305-1317

Isidor Wallimann

State, society and old-age policy in France: From 1945 to the current crisis pp. 1319-1326

Anne-Marie Guillemard

Medical care and social support for the elderly in Switzerland: Imbalance and mix pp. 1327-1332

Alfredo Morabia, Hilke Takla and Francois Loew

The development of health and social services for the elderly in Iceland: An overview pp. 1333-1345

G. Darryl Wieland and Dögg Pálsdóttir

Health care of the aged in Korea pp. 1347-1352

Jasoon Koo and Donald O. Cowgill

Population aging in the People's Republic of China pp. 1353-1362

Jersey Liang, Edward Jow-Ching Tu and Xiangming Chen

Emerging trends in gerontology and geriatrics: Implications for the self-care of the elderly pp. 1363-1369

Tom Hickey, Kathryn Dean and Bjorn E. Holstein

1986, volume 23, articles 11

'La bonne mère:' Pratiques rurales et urbaines de la rougeole chez les femmes haalpulaaren du Sénégal pp. 1121-1129

Didier Fassin

Coinsurance effects on dental prices pp. 1131-1138

David Grembowski and Douglas A. Conrad

Concern about cancer in women undergoing elective gynaecological surgery pp. 1139-1145

Andrew Steptoe, Jane Horti and Stuart Stanton

Vietnamese refugee children in camps in Hong Kong pp. 1147-1150

Mona M. Tsoi, Gabriel K. K. Yu and Felice Lieh-Mak

Attitudes of breast-feeding mothers: A survey of 649 mothers pp. 1151-1156

Dee A. Jones

An examination of the relationships among interpersonal stress, morale and academic performance in male and female medical students pp. 1157-1161

David A. Spiegel, Robert C. Smolen and Cindy K. Jonas

Social life factors affecting the mortality of total Japanese population pp. 1163-1169

Shunichi Araki and Katsuyuki Murata

Employment and ill-health among women in Israel pp. 1171-1179

Noah Lewin-Epstein

Occupational hazards and heart attacks pp. 1181-1185

J. Paul Leigh

New clinical roles for pharmacists: A study of role expansion pp. 1187-1200

Barbara A. Adamcik, H. Edward Ransford, Phillip R. Oppenheimer, Janice F. Brown, Pamela A. Eagan and Fred G. Weissman

1986, volume 23, articles 10

Foreword pp. 911-911

Charles M. Good

Introduction pp. 913-918

John A. Giggs

Disaggregating regional variations in mortality by cause of death: A case study of the Republic of Ireland pp. 919-928

D.G. Pringle

Disease competition as a factor in ecological studies of mortality: The case of urban centers pp. 929-934

Michael R. Greenberg

Analysing geographic variations in mortality using poisson regression: The example of ischaemic heart disease in England and Wales 1969-1973 pp. 935-943

A.A. Lovett, C.G. Bentham and R. Flowerdew

Mental disorders and ecological structure in Nottingham pp. 945-961

John A. Giggs

The uses of spatial analysis in medical geography: A review pp. 963-973

Wil Gesler

The comparative study of patterns of Guinea worm prevalence as a guide to control strategies pp. 975-982

Susan J. Watts

Disease and development: Coguatera fish poisoning pp. 983-993

Nancy D. Lewis

Modelling the incidence of childhood diarrhea pp. 995-1002

S.Martin Taylor, John Frank, Norman F. White and Joyce Myers

Medical pluralism and infant mortality in a rural area of Bangladesh pp. 1003-1010

Surinder M. Bhardwaj and Bimal Kanti Paul

Planned out-of-hospital births, New Jersey, 1978-1980 pp. 1011-1015

Dona Schneider

Bovine leukosis: An example of poor disease monitoring of international livestock shipments to developing countries pp. 1017-1020

Stewart Odend'hal

Proximity to hospital and mortality from motor vehicle traffic accidents pp. 1021-1026

Graham Bentham

Immunization against whooping cough in Salford: A spatial analysis pp. 1027-1032

Anthony C. Gatrell

Rings of madness: Service areas of 19th century asylums in North America pp. 1033-1050

John M. Hunter, Gary W. Shannon and Stephanie L. Sambrook

Separating doctors' homes and doctors' offices: San Francisco, 1881-1941 pp. 1051-1057

Neil Larry Shumsky, James Bohland and Paul Knox

International perspectives on the health care crisis in the United States pp. 1059-1065

Jonathan D. Mayer

Equity in the distribution of health and welfare services: Can we rely on the state to reverse the 'inverse care law?' pp. 1067-1078

Christopher J. Smith

The geographical restructuring of urban hospitals: Spatial dimensions of corporate strategy pp. 1079-1086

Sara McLafferty

Who cares what care?: An inverse interest law? pp. 1087-1092

John Eyles and Kevin Woods

Territorial justice and primary health care: An example from London pp. 1093-1103

Martin A. Powell

Primary health care in the Philippines: Banking on the barangays? pp. 1105-1117

David R. Phillips

1986, volume 23, articles 9

The performing patient in ritual healing pp. 841-845

Donald Joralemon

Cost savings from alternative treatments for tuberculosis pp. 847-850

Howard N. Barnum

Physician-induced demand by Irish GPs pp. 851-860

A. Dale Tussing and Martha A. Wojtowycz

Preventive dentistry in a health centre: Effectiveness and cost pp. 861-868

C. Donaldson, J. F. Forbes, M. Smalls, F. A. Boddy, K. W. Stephen and D. McCall

An example of cross-cultural measurement of psychological symptoms in post-partum mothers pp. 869-874

Elizabeth Watson and Stephen J. W. Evans

Health care in a declining economy: The case of Zambia pp. 875-888

Paul J. Freund

'New age' healing in the U.S pp. 889-897

Jeffrey S. Levin and Jeannine Coreil

Improving functional status in arthritis: The effect of social support pp. 899-904

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

Limited impact of the breast self-examination movement: A Latin American illustration pp. 905-910

Joseph F. Sheley and Gloria T. Lessan

1986, volume 23, articles 8

The context of menopause: Psychotropic drug use and menopausal status pp. 747-755

Patricia A. Kaufert and Penny Gilbert

Medical researchers and clinicians as seekers of information: The Nigeria case study pp. 757-761

Stephen A. Osiobe

Swedish physicians' perspectives on work and the medical care system: The case of district general practitioners pp. 763-771

Andrew C. Twaddle

Factors related to the use of ambulatory mental health services in three providers plans pp. 773-780

Paula Diehr, Kurt Price, Stephen J. Williams and Diane P. Matin

Foreword pp. 781-781

H. L. Smith

Divided loyalties and ambiguous relationships pp. 783-787

Stephen Toulmin

Divided loyalties in medicine: The ambivalence of occupational medical practice pp. 789-796

Diana Chapman Walsh

Divided loyalties in adolescent psychiatry: Late adolescence pp. 797-802

Robert L. Arnstein

Ethical issues regarding mixed agency of military physicians pp. 803-815

Edmund G. Howe

Divided loyalties: A physician's responsibilities in an information age pp. 817-826

Robert M. Gellman

Divided loyalties for physicians: Social context and moral problems pp. 827-832

Thomas H. Murray

1986, volume 23, articles 7

Illness experience in a chronic disease--ALS pp. 641-650

Ann Kuckelman Cobb and Edna Hamera

Infant feeding in Mali, West Africa: Variations in belief and practice pp. 651-664

Katherine A. Dettwyler

An alternate level of care, the prospective payment system and the challenge of extended care pp. 665-671

V. Tellis-Nayak and M. Tellis-Nayak

An integrated sociocultural curriculum for community medicine in Bali, Indonesia pp. 673-682

Linda H. Connor and Nick Higginbotham

The changing pattern of post-partum sexual abstinence in a Nigerian rural community pp. 683-686

Anthony Eko Isenalumhe and Osawaru Oviawe

Bhye Bhaddi: A food and health concept of Punjabi Asians pp. 687-688

Rajinder Singh Bhopal

'Disease and development' or 'the underdevelopment of health': A critical review of geographical perspectives on African health problems pp. 689-700

Robert Stock

Attitudes of Nigerian physicians toward a national health service pp. 701-708

Joseph C. Umeh, Robert A. Freeman, Dowey D. Garner and David E. Blevins

Childhood relationships, adult coping resources and depression pp. 709-716

Judith A. Richman and Joseph A. Flaherty

Patterns of drug use among adolescents: The past decade pp. 717-719

Reginald G. Smart and Edward M. Adlaf

Financial, organizational and professional factors affecting health care utilization pp. 721-735

Diana Dutton

Socio-demographic variation in perceived illness and the use of primary care: The value of community survey data for primary care service planning pp. 737-744

Denis Bucquet and Sarah Curtis

1986, volume 23, articles 6

Personal preferences and ethnic variations among anglo and hispanic breast and bottle feeders pp. 539-548

Susan C. Weller and Claibourne I. Dungy

Influence of weather on osteoarthritics pp. 549-554

Joyce M. Laborde, William A. Dando and Marjorie J. Powers

A method of rapid assessment of the distribution and endemicity of dracunculiasis in Nigeria pp. 555-558

Luke D. Edungbola, Susan J. Watts, Oladele O. Kale, Gordon S. Smith and Donald R. Hopkins

Why health improves: Defining the issues concerning 'comprehensive primary health care' and 'selective primary health care' pp. 559-566

Susan B. Rifkin and Gill Walt

Psychological aspects of pain in rheumatoid arthritis: A review pp. 567-575

Suzanne M. Skevington

Bearing illness: Study of couples where the husband awaits coronary graft surgery pp. 577-585

Alan Radley and Ruth Green

Attitudes to the medical specialities: Comparing pre-clinical students' perceptions of nine specialities pp. 587-594

Adrian Furnham

Variations in the diagnosis of psychosocial disorders: A general practice observation study pp. 595-604

Peter F. M. Verhaak

Social factors and the gender difference in mortality pp. 605-609

Markku Koskenvuo, Jaakko Kaprio, Jouko Lönnqvist and Seppo Sarna

Utilization of health services in Indonesia pp. 611-620

Dov Chernichovsky and Oey Astra Meesook

Smoking as an anticipatory rite of passage: some sociological hypotheses on health-related behaviour pp. 621-627

J. H. Robb

Homes for the elderly in Liguria pp. 629-633

A. Spagnoli, F. Avanzini, G. Foresti, F. Pirone and G. Tognoni

On certainty and uncertainty pp. 635-635

Peter Underwood

1986, volume 23, articles 5

Contrasting patterns of blood pressure and related factors within a Maori and European population in New Zealand pp. 439-444

Corinne Shear Wood and Lydia P. Gans

Patterns of variation in breast-feeding behaviors pp. 445-453

Sara A. Quandt

The cultural impact of the 'AIDS' test: The American experience pp. 455-459

S. C. McCombie

Principles and the search for moral certainty pp. 461-468

Larry R. Churchill and JoséJorge Simán

The role of occupational health units in hospital: An assessment by employees pp. 469-470

John F. Mayberry, Wendy Foulis and Connie M. Street

Diabetes, depression and employment status pp. 471-475

Robert Friis and G. Nanjundappa

Culture and disease pp. 477-483

A. Appels

Malnutrition and basic needs surveys in Thailand pp. 485-491

Tongchai Savasdisara, Walter E. J. Tips, Dirk Fordeyn and Rachadaporn Chaiwut

An exploratory study of poor adjustment styles among retirees pp. 493-499

V. A. Braithwaite, D. M. Gibson and Richard Bosly-Craft

Cultural values and biomedical knowledge: Choices in infant feeding: Analysis of a survey pp. 501-509

Ayala Gabriel, K. Ruben Gabriel and Ruth A. Lawrence

Class and health: Comparing Britain and Sweden pp. 511-517

Olle Lundberg

Role ambiguity in general practice: The care of patients dying at home pp. 519-525

A. W. Still and C. J. Todd

Interests and specialty choice in medicine pp. 527-530

Elchanan I. Meir and Kathy Engel

Aging in a 'healthy' population pp. 531-535

Sonja M. McKinlay and John B. McKinlay

1986, volume 23, articles 4

The primary health center as a social system: PHC, social status, and the issue of team-work in South Asia pp. 347-355

Mark A. Nichter

Diarrhea and the social marketing of oral rehydration salts in Bangladesh pp. 357-366

Edward C. Green

Herbalism and divination in Southern Malawi pp. 367-377

Brian Morris

Traditional concepts of mental disorder among Indian psychiatric patients: Preliminary report of work in progress pp. 379-386

Mitchell G. Weiss, S. D. Sharma, R. K. Gaur, J. S. Sharma, A. Desai and D. R. Doongaji

Confidentiality expectations of patients in teaching hospital clinics versus private practice offices pp. 387-391

Barry D. Weiss, Janet H. Senf, John Z. Carter and Thomas C. Rothe

The patterning of health by social position in contemporary Britain: Directions for sociological research pp. 393-415

Sally Macintyre

Further observations on social factors associated with duodenal ulcer in Soweto pp. 417-422

Isidor Segal, Beryl Unterhalter and Heidi Rosenbush

Reassurance reconsidered pp. 423-427

David G. Buchsbaum

1986, volume 23, articles 3

Cost effectiveness of potential immunization interventions against diarrhoeal disease pp. 231-240

Andrew L. Creese

Geographical patterns of cancer mortality in China pp. 241-247

Nina Sui-Ngan Lam

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the Americas: A review of their interactions with the human population pp. 249-257

Jean Slosek

Physician utilization of computers in medical practice: Policy implications based on a structural model pp. 259-267

James G. Anderson, Stephen J. Jay, Harlan M. Schweer and Marilyn M. Anderson

A population-based survey of loss and psychological distress during war pp. 269-275

Laurel Lockwood Hourani, Haroutine Armenian, Huda Zurayk and Larry Afifi

Psychiatric research instruments in the transcultural setting: Experiences in India and Brazil pp. 277-281

Biswajit Sen and Jair de Jesus Mari

The changing structure of Dutch mental health care pp. 283-291

C. P. C. Breemer Ter Stege and P. van Heugten

Privacy protection and population-based health research pp. 293-295

C. J. Lako

Causes of infant and early childhood deaths in Sierra Leone pp. 297-303

Borbor Sama Kandeh

Marital status, delay in seeking treatment and survival from breast cancer pp. 305-312

Anne Victoria Neale, Barbara C. Tilley and Sally W. Vernon

Marital status of persons with spinal cord injury pp. 313-322

Julia S. Brown and Barbara Giesy

'Reprofessionalization' or 'occupational imperialism'?: Some reflections on pharmacy in Britain pp. 323-332

S. W. F. Holloway, N. D. Jewson and D. J. Mason

Traditional child spacing practices of women: Experiences from a primary care project in Lagos, Nigeria pp. 333-336

A. A. Olukoya

Assessment of a short scale to measure social support pp. 337-344

Donna P. Funch, James R. Marshall and Garren P. Gebhardt

1986, volume 23, articles 2

Toward a critical medical anthropology pp. 95-98

Hans A. Baer, Merrill Singer and John H. Johnsen

Plea for acceptance: School refusal syndrome in Japan pp. 99-112

Margaret Lock

Toward a political-economy of alcoholism: The missing link in the anthropology of drinking pp. 113-130

Merrill Singer

Polychlorinated biphenyls in the electrical machinery industry: An ethnological study of community action and corporate responsibility pp. 131-138

June Nash and Max Kirsch

Curative medicine, preventive medicine and health status: The influence of politics on health status in a rural Mexican village pp. 139-148

Kenyon Rainier Stebbins

Planning for primary health care in Nicaragua: A study in revolutionary process pp. 149-157

John M. Donahue

Breaking the circuit of social control: Lessons in public psychiatry from Italy and Franco Basaglia pp. 159-178

Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Anne M. Lovell

Family therapy workshops in the United States: Potential abuses in the production of therapy in an advanced capitalist society pp. 179-189

Athena McLean

Community health and reform in Hong Kong pp. 191-199

Kathleen McDermott

The dynamics of cooptation in a feminist health clinic pp. 201-210

Sandra Morgen

Rewriting the SES: Demographic patterns and divorcing families pp. 211-222

Jo Anne Schneider

1986, volume 23, articles 1

Creativity in illness: Methodological linkages to the logic and language of science in folk pursuit of health in central Italy pp. 1-7

Lola Romanucci-Ross

Home away from home: The alternative birth center pp. 9-16

Linnea Klee

Women's health in a marginal area of Kenya pp. 17-29

Alan Ferguson

Interviewing skills training--A study pp. 31-34

Karen Weihs and James T. Chapados

Encouraging the development of integrated health centres: A critical analysis of lower referral rates pp. 35-41

Dirk Wijkel

Disability, stress and readjustment: The function of the professional's latent goals and effective behavior in rehabilitation pp. 43-55

Zeev Ben-Sira

Who chooses risky jobs? pp. 57-64

J.Paul Leigh

Health and mortality of migrant farm children pp. 65-74

Doris P. Slesinger, Bruce A. Christenson and Eleanor Cautley

Toward a behavioral model of the physician as case manager pp. 75-82

Robert E. Hurley

Rumor, misinformation and oral contraceptive use in Egypt pp. 83-92

Julia DeClerque, Amy Ong Tsui, Mohammed Futuah Abul-Ata, Mohammed Futuah Abul-Ata and Delia Barcelona

Smoking and medical care expenditures--What we know and what we don't know pp. 93-94

M.E. Thompson and W.F. Forbes