Social Science & Medicine

1979 - 2025

Current editor(s): Ichiro (I.) Kawachi and S.V. (S.V.) Subramanian

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1981, volume 15, articles 1

Editorial comment pp. 1-1

P.J.M. McEwan

Biological basis of stress-related mortality pp. 3-42

Peter Sterling and Joe Eyer

Cystic fibrosis: A medical overview and critique of the psychological literature pp. 43-56

Terrance W. Dushenko

Accuracy of patient interviews and estimates by clinical staff in determining medication compliance pp. 57-61

Staffan E. Norell

Influence of wartime stress and psychosocial factors in Lebanon on analgesic requirements for postoperative pain pp. 63-66

Haroutune K. Armenian, Myrna A. Chamieh and Anis Baraka

Paths to psychotherapy in the middle years: A longitudinal study pp. 67-76

Paul M. Gurwitz

Physician-patient psychosocial characteristics influencing medical decision-making pp. 77-81

Herman Staudenmayer and Martin S. Lefkowitz

PA and MD--Some parallels with clinical psychology and psychiatry pp. 83-93

Howard F. Stein, William D. Stanhope and Robert F. Hill

1979, volume 12, articles 1

Designing and evaluating a health care delivery system through the use of interactive computer graphics pp. 1-6

Dale D. Achabal, Harold Moellering, Jeffrey P. Osleeb and Ralph W. Swain

The diffusion of abortion facilities in the Northeastern United States, 1970-1976 pp. 7-15

Norah F. Henry

Recidivism and community adjustment amongst former mental patients pp. 17-27

Christopher J. Smith

Changes in the seasonality of human mortality: A medico-geographical study pp. 29-42

Masako Sakamoto-Momiyama

Studies in food geography in France pp. 43-54

Claude Thouvenot

Distance and the decision to visit an emergency department pp. 55-62

D.R. Ingram, D.R. Clarke and R.A. Murdie

An analysis of telephone referrals of a mental health association chapter pp. 63-66

D.V. Siva Sankar and Jesse Mintus

volume 46, articles 4-5

Lack of willpower or lack of wherewithal? "Internal" and "external" barriers to changing diet and exercise in a three year follow-up of participants in a health check pp. 461-465

Sue Ziebland, Margaret Thorogood, Pat Yudkin, Lesley Jones and Angela Coulter

Medical students' attitudes regarding the use of life-sustaining treatments for themselves and for elderly persons pp. 467-474

Sara Carmel

Resource dependency and community participation in primary health care pp. 475-494

J. David L. Zakus

Pesticide poisoning: A major health problem in Sri Lanka pp. 495-504

W. Van Der Hoek, F. Konradsen, K. Athukorala and T. Wanigadewa

Primary health care in Ethiopia under three political systems: Community participation in a war-torn society pp. 505-522

Helmut Kloos

Treatment-seeking behaviour for malaria: A typology based on endemicity and gender pp. 523-532

Marcel Tanner and Carol Vlassoff

The drive for professionalization in acupuncture: A preliminary view from the San Francisco Bay area pp. 533-537

Hans A. Baer, Cindy Jen, Lucia M. Tanassi, Christopher Tsia and Helen Wahbeh

Time-sensitive clinical management: A case study of acute asthma care pp. 539-547

Rae Walker and Jennifer Adam

Health difference in Eastern Europe: Preliminary findings from the Nowa Huta study pp. 549-558

Peggy Watson

Patients with medically unexplained symptoms: Sources of patients' authority and implications for demands on medical care pp. 559-565

Sarah Peters, Ian Stanley, Michael Rose and Peter Salmon

Income inequality and population health pp. 567-579

Ken Judge, Jo-Ann Mulligan and Michaela Benzeval

Use of minor tranquilizers among Norwegian physicians. A nation-wide comparative study pp. 581-590

Elin Olaug Rosvold, Per Vaglum and Torbjørn Moum

Self-rated health and self-assessed change in health in elderly men and women -- A five-year longitudinal study pp. 591-597

Raija Leinonen, Eino Heikkinen and Marja Jylhä

Social network type and health status in a national sample of elderly Israelis pp. 599-609

Howard Litwin

The importance of psychosocial stressors for socio-economic inequalities in perceived health pp. 611-623

Karien Stronks, H. van de Mheen, Caspar W. N. Looman and Johan P. Mackenbach