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1984, volume 19, articles 12

Pain; Still an intriguing puzzle pp. 1257-1260

Louwrens J. Menges

New directions in the understanding and management of pain pp. 1261-1277

C. Richard Chapman

Ethnicity and the pain experience pp. 1279-1298

James A. Lipton and Joseph J. Marbach

Between death and shame: Dimensions of pain in Bariba culture pp. 1299-1304

Carolyn Sargent

The continous nature of headache susceptibility pp. 1305-1311

Donald A. Bakal, Stefan Demjen and Judith Kaganov

The spouse's adjustment to chronic pain: Cognitive and emotional factors pp. 1313-1317

Andrew R. Block and Sara L. Boyer

Consequences of nonverbal expression of pain: Patient distress and observer concern pp. 1319-1324

Carl L. von Baeyer, Marianne E. Johnson and Marcia J. McMillan

Facial expression accompanying pain pp. 1325-1330

Linda LeResche and Samuel F. Dworkin

Developmental changes in infant pain expression during immunization injections pp. 1331-1337

K. D. Craig, R. J. McMahon, J. D. Morison and C. Zaskow

Cognitive dimensions of chronic pain pp. 1339-1345

Donald S. Ciccone and Roy C. Grzesiak

A study of labour pain using the MCGILL pain questionnaire pp. 1347-1351

Catherine Niven and Karel Gijsbers

Psychological approaches to the management of arthritis pain pp. 1353-1360

Laurence A. Bradley, Larry D. Young, Karen O. Anderson, Lisa K. McDaniel, Robert A. Turner and Carlos A. Agudelo

Patient evaluation of a cognitive behavioral group program for patients with chronic low back pain pp. 1361-1365

A. C. G. Linssen and F. G. Zitman

Physiological and psychological explanations for the mechanism of acupunture as a treatment for chronic pain pp. 1367-1378

G. T. Lewith and J. N. Kenyon

Long-term use of narcotic analgesics in chronic pain pp. 1379-1382

Randal D. France, Bruno J. Urban and Francis J. Keefe

Chronic pain from the perspective of health: A view based on systems theory pp. 1383-1392

Herman J. Engelbart and Mariet A. E. Vrancken

Managing the problem pain patient: Compliance or social control? pp. 1393-1400

Joseph A. Kotarba and John V. Seidel

1984, volume 19, articles 11

Scholarship, freedom and brain drain in Africa pp. 1127-1129

F.M. Mburu

Going up in smoke: The case of British American tobacco in Kenya pp. 1131-1139

Kate Currie and Larry Ray

Disabled persons in Poland pp. 1141-1149

Janusz Bejnarowicz

Opinions on mental illness in Israel pp. 1151-1158

Michael Rahav, Elmer L. Struening and Howard Andrews

Decision making in professional associations pp. 1159-1165

Ken Cox

Obstacles to successful fertility control in Nigeria pp. 1167-1171

Eric O. Udjo

The utilisation of preschool health and education services pp. 1173-1180

D.M. Fergusson, M.E. Dimond, L.J. Horwood and F.T. Shannon

Age and capacity devaluation: A replication pp. 1181-1187

Joseph Greenblum

Obstacles to the practice of licensed lay midwifery pp. 1189-1196

Deborah A. Sullivan and Rose Weitz

What is, must be best: A research note on conservative or deferential responses to antenatal care provision pp. 1197-1200

Maureen Porter and Sally Macintyre

Pregnancy, labor and body image in the United States pp. 1201-1206

Emily Martin

Female infanticide and amniocentesis pp. 1207-1212

Roger Jeffery, Patricia Jeffery and Andrew Lyon

The bystander in highway injury accidents pp. 1213-1216

Harold Brodsky

Neighborhood variations in the use of hospital emergency rooms for primary care pp. 1217-1226

James Bohland

The embodiment of social relations in coronary heart disease pp. 1227-1234

A.R. Radley

A scale to measure physician beliefs about psychosocial aspects of patient care pp. 1235-1238

Clark D. Ashworth, Penelope Williamson and Daniel Montano

New evidence on fluoridation pp. 1239-1244

John Colquhoun

Commentary pp. 1244-1246

James M. Dunning

1984, volume 19, articles 10

Introduction pp. 1013-1013

H. Vanden Bossche, N. Van Belle, G. Carrin and W. Nonneman

Economic evaluation of health care interventions: A review of alternative methods pp. 1015-1030

Guy Carrin

Theoretical and empirical issues in benefit identification, measurement and valuation related to parasitic disease control in poor countries pp. 1031-1037

David W. Dunlop

The application of a quantitative approach to the assessment of the relative importance of vector and soil transmitted diseases in Ghana pp. 1039-1049

R. H. Morrow

The economics of blindness prevention in upper volta under the Onchocerciasis Control Program pp. 1051-1055

N. Prescott, A. Prost and R. Le Berre

Selected economic issues in helminth control pp. 1057-1060

N. Prescott and M. F. Jancloes

Methods to evaluate nutritional and economic implications of ascaris infection pp. 1061-1065

Lani S. Stephenson

Cost-effectiveness analysis of echinococcosis-hydatidosis eradication project in Sardinia pp. 1067-1072

Ermanno Attanasio and Costantino Palmas

Cost-effectiveness of different ways of controlling intestinal schistosomiasis: A case study pp. 1073-1080

A. M. Polderman

Cost and performance of malaria surveillance in Thailand pp. 1081-1097

Somkid Kaewsonthi and Alan G. Harding

Socioeconomic factors associated with malaria in Colombia pp. 1099-1104

Harold Banguero

Socio-economic problems related to animal trypanosomiasis in Africa pp. 1105-1107

J. Mortelmans

Cooperation between developing countries and the pharmaceutical industry in the control of parasitic diseases: A proposal for a practical approach pp. 1109-1111

N. Van Belle

Costs of training and maintenance of expert man-power vs costs of drugs. Priorities in the field of helminthic diseases in developing countries pp. 1113-1116

A. De Schaepdryver

The economics of parasitic diseases: Research priorities pp. 1117-1126

P. L. Rosenfield, F. Golladay and R. K. Davidson

1984, volume 19, articles 9

Marxist functionalism in medicine: A critique of the work of Vicente Navarro on health and medicine pp. 897-910

Angela Reidy

The popularity of injections in the third world: Origins and consequences for poliomyelitis pp. 911-915

H. V. Wyatt

Death from non-war violence: An international comparison pp. 917-927

Lincoln H. Day

The ideologies of despair: A symbolic interpretation of punks and skinheads' usage of barbiturates pp. 929-938

A. Burr

Cultural differences in reactions to patient behaviour: A comparison of Swedish and Australian health professionals pp. 939-947

Mary T. Westbrook, Lena A. Nordholm and Jeanette E. McGee

Training for certainty pp. 949-956

Paul Atkinson

Public communication on donorcards: A comparison of persuasive styles pp. 957-963

Frans Willem Winkel

The role of physicians' knowledge and attitudes in effective diabetes management pp. 965-969

Morris Weinberger, Stuart J. Cohen and Steven A. Mazzuca

The relationship between American women's preventive dental behavior and dental health beliefs pp. 971-978

Meei-Shia Chen and Maurice Tatsuoka

Adolescents' health beliefs and acceptance of a novel preventive dental activity: A further note pp. 979-982

S. Stephen Kegeles and Adrian K. Lund

Use of psychotropic drugs in Finland pp. 983-989

Elianne Riska and Timo Klaukka

Belief systems and breast feeding among Filipino urban poor pp. 991-995

Erlinda L. Fernandez and George M. Guthrie

Disease rate as an artifact of the health care system: Tubercolosis in Puerto Rico pp. 997-1008

Joan M. Hunter and Sonia Arbona

1984, volume 19, articles 8

Primary health care in practice: A study in Mozambique pp. 773-781

Diana Jelley and Richard J. Madeley

Commentary pp. 781-781

Eustace Muhondwa

The basic health care system in Botswana: A study of the distribution and cost in the period 1973-1979 pp. 783-792

Birthe Høgh and Eskild Petersen

The demographic factor in the provision of health facilities in developing countries: The case of Nigeria pp. 793-797

T. O. Fadayomi and O. Y. Oyeneye

The determinants of infant and child morbidity in Lagos, Nigeria pp. 799-810

Helena Chojnacka and Olukunle Adegbola

Company doctors: Standards of care and legitimacy: A case study from Canada pp. 811-821

Vivienne Walters

The health belief model and participation in programmes for the early detection of breast cancer: A comparative analysis pp. 823-830

Michael Calnan

The relationship of two dimensions of social support to the psychological well-being and social functioning of women with advanced breast cancer pp. 831-837

Joan R. Bloom and David Spiegel

Patients' perception of dentists' positive and negative attributes pp. 839-842

Andrée Liddell and Brenda May

The health care system in Poland: The case of Lodz as compared with foreign regions; A secondary analysis pp. 843-851

Andrzej Rychard

Childhood leprosy and social response in South India pp. 853-865

Janet M. Berreman

Multiple therapeutic use in urban Nepal pp. 867-872

Maureen Durkin-Longley

'Barefoot doctors' in rural Georgia: The effect of peer selection on the performance of trained volunteers pp. 873-878

Bonnie J. Kay

The relationship between distance from inpatient facilities and the rate of psychiatric admissions in Western Australia pp. 879-884

H. Stampfer, J. Reymond, P. W. Burvill and J. Carlson

Characteristics of the distribution of emigrant Indian radiologists, pathologists and anesthesiologists in the United States pp. 885-891

Stephen R. Baker, Daniel M. Broe and Vimal Kumar

1984, volume 19, articles 7

Ethnicity and health: A research review pp. 663-670

Jenny L. Donovan

Sex of provider as a variable in effective genetic counseling pp. 671-675

Nancy Zare, James R. Sorenson and Timothy Heeren

Attendance pattern and continuity of dental care of finnish adults over a 5 year period pp. 677-681

Viljo Nyyssönen, Kaisa Herranen and Matti Rimpelä

Byrne and Long: A classification for rating the interview style of doctors pp. 683-690

R. Buijs, E. M. Sluijs and P. F. M. Verhaak

Dramaturgy of accult practitioners in the treatment of disease and dysfunction entities pp. 691-698

Phillip W. Davis, Jacqueline Boles and Charlotte Tatro

Self-medication: An important aspect of primary health care pp. 699-703

O. A. Abosede

The imitation of madness: The influence of psychopathology upon culture pp. 705-715

Roland Littlewood

The drive for professionalization in British osteopathy pp. 717-725

Hans A. Baer

Perceptions of childhood diarrhoea and its treatment in rural Zimbabwe pp. 727-734

Isabelle de Zoysa, Debbie Carson, Richard Feachem, Betty Kirkwood, Euan Lindsay-Smith and Rene Loewenson

Children's health and play in rural Nepal pp. 735-740

Robert Anderson and Edna M. Mitchell

Estimates of the demand for health: Males in the pre-retirement years pp. 741-747

David Lairson, Ronald Lorimor and Carl Slater

Temporal trends of cancer mortality in eastern New England compared to the nation, 1950-1975 pp. 749-757

Richard F. Anderson

Housing change of chronic schizophrenic patients: A consequence of the revolving door pp. 759-764

Carol L. M. Caton and Jill Goldstein

1984, volume 19, articles 6

Editorial pp. 583-583

Judith G. Greenwood

Disability research and policy pp. 585-586

Peter Kong-Ming New

The challenge of helping the handicapped pp. 587-588

R. John C. Pearson

Disability and health status: The importance of longitudinal studies pp. 589-593

Clyde R. Pope

Intervention in work-related disability: The need for an integrated approach pp. 595-601

Judith G. Greenwood

How shall we see them? Perspectives for research with disabled organizations pp. 603-608

J. Thomas May and Robert F. Hill

Methodological and conceptual issues in measuring the long term impact of disability: The experience of poliomyelitis patients in Manitoba pp. 609-618

Patricia Leyland Kaufert and Joseph M. Kaufert

Analyzing surveys on deaf adults: Implications for survey research on persons with disabilities pp. 619-627

John G. Schroedel

Environment and treatment: Methodological notes on program evaluation and institutional culture pp. 629-634

Walter Watson

Psychosocial metaphors of physical distress among MS patients pp. 635-638

M. Louise Duval

Life history model of adaptation to disability: The case of a 'congenital amputee' pp. 639-645

Gelya Frank

Women have headaches, men have backaches: Patterns of illness in an Appalachian community pp. 647-654

Claire F. Horton

Commentary pp. 655-656

Otto von Mering

Commentary pp. 656-661

M. G. Trend

Commentary pp. 661-662

Arthur J. Rubel

1984, volume 19, articles 5

Les inegalites sociales devant la mort en grande-bretagne et en France pp. 479-487

A. Leclerc, F. Lert and M. Goldberg

Social networks and psychosocial support among disabled people pp. 489-497

Myfanwy Morgan, Donald L. Patrick and John R. Charlton

An illness behavior paradigm: A conceptual exploration of a situational-adaptation perspective pp. 499-510

Angelo A. Alonzo

A survey of those who care for the elderly at home: Their problems and their needs pp. 511-514

Dee A. Jones and Norman J. Vetter

Hospital units as social contexts: Effects on maternal behavior pp. 515-522

Nancy Moss

How to stay well in Tzintzuntzan pp. 523-533

George M. Foster

Infant mortality and infant care: Cultural and economic constraints on nurturing in Northeast Brazil pp. 535-546

Nancy Scheper-Hughes

Food ideology and eating behavior: Contributions from Malay studies pp. 547-559

Carol Laderman

The buccra-massa and the little man's broker in a Jamaican sugartown: Implications for community health education pp. 561-572

Tony L. Whitehead

The role of health beliefs in compliance with physician advice to quit smoking pp. 573-580

Linda L. Pederson, James M. Wanklin and Jon C. Baskerville

Letter to the editor pp. 581-581

Heather Laier

1984, volume 19, articles 4

National security and the health of people: Human needs and the allocation of scarce resources pp. 307-314

Alfred Gellhorn

Comment pp. 315-316

Christine K. Cassel

Comment pp. 316-317

Margot Jefferys

Comment pp. 317-320

F. M. Mburu

Comment pp. 320-321

Peter J. M. McEwan

Comment pp. 322-325

Vicente Navarro

Is there any defense against national defense? pp. 325-327

Harmon L. Smith

It tolls for thee pp. 328-331

Philip Wood

Values in health care pp. 333-339

Oscar Gish

Life-style and health: Some remarks on different viewpoints pp. 341-347

Bernhard Badura

Assessing recent developments and opportunities in the promotion of health in the American workplace pp. 349-358

Carlos Castillo-Salgado

Working conditions and health: Social epidemiology, patterns of stress and change pp. 359-372

Wilfried Karmaus

Assessment and implementation of health care priorities in developing countries; Incompatible paradigms and competing social systems pp. 373-384

Najwa Makhoul

The family as a resource unit in health care: Changing patterns pp. 385-389

I. B. Pless

Set and serendipity in the detection of drug hazards pp. 391-396

Arabella Melville

The continuity of moral reform: Community mental health centers pp. 397-404

Scott Greer and Ann Lennarson Greer

Opportunities for health promotion: Including the chronically ill and disabled pp. 405-409

Nancy A. Brooks

Village health workers in Java, Indonesia: Coverage and equity pp. 411-422

Peter A. Berman

Women and work: An investigation of the association between health and employment status in middle-aged women pp. 423-431

Susan Jennings, Cheryl Mazaik and Sonja McKinlay

Geographic distribution and demographic correlates of colorectal cancer mortality in Sydney, New South Wales pp. 433-439

Owen Dent and Kerry Goulston

Where there is a doctor: Strategies to increase productivity at lower cost. The economics of rural health care in the Dominican Republic pp. 441-450

Antonio Ugalde

The supply and utilization of dental services pp. 451-459

P. P. Groenewegen and J. H. M. Postma

Experiences of puberty development pp. 461-465

Lisbeth Shore

Health promotion in general practice: New themes in traditional settings pp. 467-469

Andrea Mant, Ann L. Cripps, Margaret Breden and J. G. Lawson

Population mobility, urban development and dracunculiasis in Kwara State, Nigeria pp. 471-473

Susan J. Watts

Risks, survival and trends of malignant melanoma among white and blue collar workers in Sweden pp. 475-478

Denny Vågerö and Gunnar Persson

1984, volume 19, articles 3

Introduction pp. 183-184

Abby L. Bloom and Janice Reid

Citizen participation overplanned: The case of a health project in the Guatemalan community of San Pedro La Laguna pp. 185-192

Benjamin D. Paul and William J. Demarest

Can socio-cultural information improve health planning? A case study of Nepal's assistant nurse-midwife pp. 193-198

Judith Justice

Primary health care in Sierra Leone pp. 199-208

Carol P. MacCormack

Dilemmas of modernization in primary health care in Western Samoa pp. 209-216

Penelope Schoeffel

Will primary health care efforts be allowed to succeed? pp. 217-224

H. K. Heggenhougen

Evaluating primary health care and nutrition programs in the context of national development pp. 225-235

Thomas J. Marchione

Project community diagnosis: Participatory research as a first step toward community involvement in primary health care pp. 237-252

Mark Nichter

Ethnomedicine and oral rehydration therapy: A case study of ethnomedical investigation and program planning pp. 253-260

Carl Kendall, Dennis Foote and Reynaldo Martorell

Strategies and outcomes of introducing a mental health plan in Brazil pp. 261-271

Madeleine Richeport

Appropriate research for primary health care: An anthropologist's view pp. 273-277

Shirley Buzzard

Peripheral health workers are central to primary health care: Lessons from Papua New Guinea's aid posts pp. 279-290

Stephen Frankel

The role of maternal and child health clinics in education and prevention: A case study from Papua New Guinea pp. 291-303

Janice Reid

1984, volume 19, articles 2

Gender differences in mental and physical illness: The effects of fixed roles and nurturant roles pp. 77-84

Walter R. Gove

Teetering on the horns of a dilemma: Professor gove's latest paper on sex differences in illness behavior pp. 84-88

Alfred C. Marcus, Teresa E. Seeman and Carol W. Telesky

On understanding illness, illness behavior and reading what has been written: a reply to Marcus, Seeman and Telesky pp. 88-91

Walter R. Gove

Unemployment and suicidal behaviour: A review of the literature pp. 93-115

Stephen Platt

To protect the public: Professionalism vs competence in dentistry pp. 117-122

J. D. Jago

General practice, ethnicity and health services delivery pp. 123-130

Tom Rathwell

Attitudes of a group of Egyptian medical students towards family planning pp. 131-134

Theresa El-Mehairy

Managing medical mistakes: Ideology, insularity and accountability among internists-in-training pp. 135-146

Terry Mizrahi

Illness behaviour: An exploration of determinants pp. 147-155

B. Gail Frankel and Sandy Nuttall

Advice from the obstetrician and other sources: Do they affect women's breast feeding practices? a study among different Jewish groups in Jerusalem pp. 157-162

Ivonne K. Mansbach, Hava Palti, Bella Pevsner, Helen Pridan and Zvi Palti

Interaction between the socio-demographic variables of physicians and their patients: Its impact upon patient satisfaction pp. 163-166

Cassie L. Murphy-Cullen and Lars C. Larsen

What is a successful doctor-patient interview? a study of interactions and outcomes pp. 167-175

Moira A. Stewart

Nutritional thriftiness and human reproduction: Beyond the critical body composition hypothesis pp. 177-182

Sara A. Quandt

1984, volume 19, articles 1

Some personal observations on health policy in Iran, 1973-1978 pp. 1-7

Ralph Andreano

Doctor-patient interaction, patients' health behavior and effects of treatment pp. 9-18

Irena Heszen-Klemens and Elzbieta Lapinska

The effect of disability insurance on health care demand pp. 19-25

Frederic P. Slade

Hypothesis of leprosy, tuberculosis and urbanization in Africa pp. 27-57

John M. Hunter and Morris O. Thomas

Relationships between physical and psychological symptomatology in the 22-item Langner's scale pp. 59-65

Roberto De Marco