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January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 12
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 11
- 1127-1129 Scholarship, freedom and brain drain in Africa
by Mburu, F.M.
- 1131-1139 Going up in smoke: The case of British American tobacco in Kenya
by Currie, Kate & Ray, Larry
- 1141-1149 Disabled persons in Poland
by Bejnarowicz, Janusz
- 1151-1158 Opinions on mental illness in Israel
by Rahav, Michael & Struening, Elmer L. & Andrews, Howard
- 1159-1165 Decision making in professional associations
by Cox, Ken
- 1167-1171 Obstacles to successful fertility control in Nigeria
by Udjo, Eric O.
- 1173-1180 The utilisation of preschool health and education services
by Fergusson, D.M. & Dimond, M.E. & Horwood, L.J. & Shannon, F.T.
- 1181-1187 Age and capacity devaluation: A replication
by Greenblum, Joseph
- 1189-1196 Obstacles to the practice of licensed lay midwifery
by Sullivan, Deborah A. & Weitz, Rose
- 1197-1200 What is, must be best: A research note on conservative or deferential responses to antenatal care provision
by Porter, Maureen & Macintyre, Sally
- 1201-1206 Pregnancy, labor and body image in the United States
by Martin, Emily
- 1207-1212 Female infanticide and amniocentesis
by Jeffery, Roger & Jeffery, Patricia & Lyon, Andrew
- 1213-1216 The bystander in highway injury accidents
by Brodsky, Harold
- 1217-1226 Neighborhood variations in the use of hospital emergency rooms for primary care
by Bohland, James
- 1227-1234 The embodiment of social relations in coronary heart disease
by Radley, A.R.
- 1235-1238 A scale to measure physician beliefs about psychosocial aspects of patient care
by Ashworth, Clark D. & Williamson, Penelope & Montano, Daniel
- 1239-1244 New evidence on fluoridation
by Colquhoun, John
- 1244-1246 Commentary
by Dunning, James M.
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 10
- 1013-1013 Introduction
by Vanden Bossche, H. & Van Belle, N. & Carrin, G. & Nonneman, W.
- 1015-1030 Economic evaluation of health care interventions: A review of alternative methods
by Carrin, Guy
- 1031-1037 Theoretical and empirical issues in benefit identification, measurement and valuation related to parasitic disease control in poor countries
by Dunlop, David W.
- 1039-1049 The application of a quantitative approach to the assessment of the relative importance of vector and soil transmitted diseases in Ghana
by Morrow, R. H.
- 1051-1055 The economics of blindness prevention in upper volta under the Onchocerciasis Control Program
by Prescott, N. & Prost, A. & Berre, R. Le
- 1057-1060 Selected economic issues in helminth control
by Prescott, N. & Jancloes, M. F.
- 1061-1065 Methods to evaluate nutritional and economic implications of ascaris infection
by Stephenson, Lani S.
- 1067-1072 Cost-effectiveness analysis of echinococcosis-hydatidosis eradication project in Sardinia
by Attanasio, Ermanno & Palmas, Costantino
- 1073-1080 Cost-effectiveness of different ways of controlling intestinal schistosomiasis: A case study
by Polderman, A. M.
- 1081-1097 Cost and performance of malaria surveillance in Thailand
by Kaewsonthi, Somkid & Harding, Alan G.
- 1099-1104 Socioeconomic factors associated with malaria in Colombia
by Banguero, Harold
- 1105-1107 Socio-economic problems related to animal trypanosomiasis in Africa
by Mortelmans, J.
- 1109-1111 Cooperation between developing countries and the pharmaceutical industry in the control of parasitic diseases: A proposal for a practical approach
by Van Belle, N.
- 1113-1116 Costs of training and maintenance of expert man-power vs costs of drugs. Priorities in the field of helminthic diseases in developing countries
by De Schaepdryver, A.
- 1117-1126 The economics of parasitic diseases: Research priorities
by Rosenfield, P. L. & Golladay, F. & Davidson, R. K.
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 9
- 897-910 Marxist functionalism in medicine: A critique of the work of Vicente Navarro on health and medicine
by Reidy, Angela
- 911-915 The popularity of injections in the third world: Origins and consequences for poliomyelitis
by Wyatt, H. V.
- 917-927 Death from non-war violence: An international comparison
by Day, Lincoln H.
- 929-938 The ideologies of despair: A symbolic interpretation of punks and skinheads' usage of barbiturates
by Burr, A.
- 939-947 Cultural differences in reactions to patient behaviour: A comparison of Swedish and Australian health professionals
by Westbrook, Mary T. & Nordholm, Lena A. & McGee, Jeanette E.
- 949-956 Training for certainty
by Atkinson, Paul
- 957-963 Public communication on donorcards: A comparison of persuasive styles
by Winkel, Frans Willem
- 965-969 The role of physicians' knowledge and attitudes in effective diabetes management
by Weinberger, Morris & Cohen, Stuart J. & Mazzuca, Steven A.
- 971-978 The relationship between American women's preventive dental behavior and dental health beliefs
by Chen, Meei-Shia & Tatsuoka, Maurice
- 979-982 Adolescents' health beliefs and acceptance of a novel preventive dental activity: A further note
by Kegeles, S. Stephen & Lund, Adrian K.
- 983-989 Use of psychotropic drugs in Finland
by Riska, Elianne & Klaukka, Timo
- 991-995 Belief systems and breast feeding among Filipino urban poor
by Fernandez, Erlinda L. & Guthrie, George M.
- 997-1008 Disease rate as an artifact of the health care system: Tubercolosis in Puerto Rico
by Hunter, Joan M. & Arbona, Sonia
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 8
- 773-781 Primary health care in practice: A study in Mozambique
by Jelley, Diana & Madeley, Richard J.
- 781-781 Commentary
by Muhondwa, Eustace
- 783-792 The basic health care system in Botswana: A study of the distribution and cost in the period 1973-1979
by Høgh, Birthe & Petersen, Eskild
- 793-797 The demographic factor in the provision of health facilities in developing countries: The case of Nigeria
by Fadayomi, T. O. & Oyeneye, O. Y.
- 799-810 The determinants of infant and child morbidity in Lagos, Nigeria
by Chojnacka, Helena & Adegbola, Olukunle
- 811-821 Company doctors: Standards of care and legitimacy: A case study from Canada
by Walters, Vivienne
- 823-830 The health belief model and participation in programmes for the early detection of breast cancer: A comparative analysis
by Calnan, Michael
- 831-837 The relationship of two dimensions of social support to the psychological well-being and social functioning of women with advanced breast cancer
by Bloom, Joan R. & Spiegel, David
- 839-842 Patients' perception of dentists' positive and negative attributes
by Liddell, Andrée & May, Brenda
- 843-851 The health care system in Poland: The case of Lodz as compared with foreign regions; A secondary analysis
by Rychard, Andrzej
- 853-865 Childhood leprosy and social response in South India
by Berreman, Janet M.
- 867-872 Multiple therapeutic use in urban Nepal
by Durkin-Longley, Maureen
- 873-878 'Barefoot doctors' in rural Georgia: The effect of peer selection on the performance of trained volunteers
by Kay, Bonnie J.
- 879-884 The relationship between distance from inpatient facilities and the rate of psychiatric admissions in Western Australia
by Stampfer, H. & Reymond, J. & Burvill, P. W. & Carlson, J.
- 885-891 Characteristics of the distribution of emigrant Indian radiologists, pathologists and anesthesiologists in the United States
by Baker, Stephen R. & Broe, Daniel M. & Kumar, Vimal
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 7
- 663-670 Ethnicity and health: A research review
by Donovan, Jenny L.
- 671-675 Sex of provider as a variable in effective genetic counseling
by Zare, Nancy & Sorenson, James R. & Heeren, Timothy
- 677-681 Attendance pattern and continuity of dental care of finnish adults over a 5 year period
by Nyyssönen, Viljo & Herranen, Kaisa & Rimpelä, Matti
- 683-690 Byrne and Long: A classification for rating the interview style of doctors
by Buijs, R. & Sluijs, E. M. & Verhaak, P. F. M.
- 691-698 Dramaturgy of accult practitioners in the treatment of disease and dysfunction entities
by Davis, Phillip W. & Boles, Jacqueline & Tatro, Charlotte
- 699-703 Self-medication: An important aspect of primary health care
by Abosede, O. A.
- 705-715 The imitation of madness: The influence of psychopathology upon culture
by Littlewood, Roland
- 717-725 The drive for professionalization in British osteopathy
by Baer, Hans A.
- 727-734 Perceptions of childhood diarrhoea and its treatment in rural Zimbabwe
by de Zoysa, Isabelle & Carson, Debbie & Feachem, Richard & Kirkwood, Betty & Lindsay-Smith, Euan & Loewenson, Rene
- 735-740 Children's health and play in rural Nepal
by Anderson, Robert & Mitchell, Edna M.
- 741-747 Estimates of the demand for health: Males in the pre-retirement years
by Lairson, David & Lorimor, Ronald & Slater, Carl
- 749-757 Temporal trends of cancer mortality in eastern New England compared to the nation, 1950-1975
by Anderson, Richard F.
- 759-764 Housing change of chronic schizophrenic patients: A consequence of the revolving door
by Caton, Carol L. M. & Goldstein, Jill
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 6
- 583-583 Editorial
by Greenwood, Judith G.
- 585-586 Disability research and policy
by New, Peter Kong-Ming
- 587-588 The challenge of helping the handicapped
by Pearson, R. John C.
- 589-593 Disability and health status: The importance of longitudinal studies
by Pope, Clyde R.
- 595-601 Intervention in work-related disability: The need for an integrated approach
by Greenwood, Judith G.
- 603-608 How shall we see them? Perspectives for research with disabled organizations
by May, J. Thomas & Hill, Robert F.
- 609-618 Methodological and conceptual issues in measuring the long term impact of disability: The experience of poliomyelitis patients in Manitoba
by Kaufert, Patricia Leyland & Kaufert, Joseph M.
- 619-627 Analyzing surveys on deaf adults: Implications for survey research on persons with disabilities
by Schroedel, John G.
- 629-634 Environment and treatment: Methodological notes on program evaluation and institutional culture
by Watson, Walter
- 635-638 Psychosocial metaphors of physical distress among MS patients
by Duval, M. Louise
- 639-645 Life history model of adaptation to disability: The case of a 'congenital amputee'
by Frank, Gelya
- 647-654 Women have headaches, men have backaches: Patterns of illness in an Appalachian community
by Horton, Claire F.
- 655-656 Commentary
by von Mering, Otto
- 656-661 Commentary
by Trend, M. G.
- 661-662 Commentary
by Rubel, Arthur J.
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 5
- 479-487 Les inegalites sociales devant la mort en grande-bretagne et en France
by Leclerc, A. & Lert, F. & Goldberg, M.
- 489-497 Social networks and psychosocial support among disabled people
by Morgan, Myfanwy & Patrick, Donald L. & Charlton, John R.
- 499-510 An illness behavior paradigm: A conceptual exploration of a situational-adaptation perspective
by Alonzo, Angelo A.
- 511-514 A survey of those who care for the elderly at home: Their problems and their needs
by Jones, Dee A. & Vetter, Norman J.
- 515-522 Hospital units as social contexts: Effects on maternal behavior
by Moss, Nancy
- 523-533 How to stay well in Tzintzuntzan
by Foster, George M.
- 535-546 Infant mortality and infant care: Cultural and economic constraints on nurturing in Northeast Brazil
by Scheper-Hughes, Nancy
- 547-559 Food ideology and eating behavior: Contributions from Malay studies
by Laderman, Carol
- 561-572 The buccra-massa and the little man's broker in a Jamaican sugartown: Implications for community health education
by Whitehead, Tony L.
- 573-580 The role of health beliefs in compliance with physician advice to quit smoking
by Pederson, Linda L. & Wanklin, James M. & Baskerville, Jon C.
- 581-581 Letter to the editor
by Laier, Heather
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 4
- 307-314 National security and the health of people: Human needs and the allocation of scarce resources
by Gellhorn, Alfred
- 315-316 Comment
by Cassel, Christine K.
- 316-317 Comment
by Jefferys, Margot
- 317-320 Comment
by Mburu, F. M.
- 320-321 Comment
by McEwan, Peter J. M.
- 322-325 Comment
by Navarro, Vicente
- 325-327 Is there any defense against national defense?
by Smith, Harmon L.
- 328-331 It tolls for thee
by Wood, Philip
- 333-339 Values in health care
by Gish, Oscar
- 341-347 Life-style and health: Some remarks on different viewpoints
by Badura, Bernhard
- 349-358 Assessing recent developments and opportunities in the promotion of health in the American workplace
by Castillo-Salgado, Carlos
- 359-372 Working conditions and health: Social epidemiology, patterns of stress and change
by Karmaus, Wilfried
- 373-384 Assessment and implementation of health care priorities in developing countries; Incompatible paradigms and competing social systems
by Makhoul, Najwa
- 385-389 The family as a resource unit in health care: Changing patterns
by Pless, I. B.
- 391-396 Set and serendipity in the detection of drug hazards
by Melville, Arabella
- 397-404 The continuity of moral reform: Community mental health centers
by Greer, Scott & Greer, Ann Lennarson
- 405-409 Opportunities for health promotion: Including the chronically ill and disabled
by Brooks, Nancy A.
- 411-422 Village health workers in Java, Indonesia: Coverage and equity
by Berman, Peter A.
- 423-431 Women and work: An investigation of the association between health and employment status in middle-aged women
by Jennings, Susan & Mazaik, Cheryl & McKinlay, Sonja
- 433-439 Geographic distribution and demographic correlates of colorectal cancer mortality in Sydney, New South Wales
by Dent, Owen & Goulston, Kerry
- 441-450 Where there is a doctor: Strategies to increase productivity at lower cost. The economics of rural health care in the Dominican Republic
by Ugalde, Antonio
- 451-459 The supply and utilization of dental services
by Groenewegen, P. P. & Postma, J. H. M.
- 461-465 Experiences of puberty development
by Shore, Lisbeth
- 467-469 Health promotion in general practice: New themes in traditional settings
by Mant, Andrea & Cripps, Ann L. & Breden, Margaret & Lawson, J. G.
- 471-473 Population mobility, urban development and dracunculiasis in Kwara State, Nigeria
by Watts, Susan J.
- 475-478 Risks, survival and trends of malignant melanoma among white and blue collar workers in Sweden
by Vågerö, Denny & Persson, Gunnar
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 3
- 183-184 Introduction
by Bloom, Abby L. & Reid, Janice
- 185-192 Citizen participation overplanned: The case of a health project in the Guatemalan community of San Pedro La Laguna
by Paul, Benjamin D. & Demarest, William J.
- 193-198 Can socio-cultural information improve health planning? A case study of Nepal's assistant nurse-midwife
by Justice, Judith
- 199-208 Primary health care in Sierra Leone
by MacCormack, Carol P.
- 209-216 Dilemmas of modernization in primary health care in Western Samoa
by Schoeffel, Penelope
- 217-224 Will primary health care efforts be allowed to succeed?
by Heggenhougen, H. K.
- 225-235 Evaluating primary health care and nutrition programs in the context of national development
by Marchione, Thomas J.
- 237-252 Project community diagnosis: Participatory research as a first step toward community involvement in primary health care
by Nichter, Mark
- 253-260 Ethnomedicine and oral rehydration therapy: A case study of ethnomedical investigation and program planning
by Kendall, Carl & Foote, Dennis & Martorell, Reynaldo
- 261-271 Strategies and outcomes of introducing a mental health plan in Brazil
by Richeport, Madeleine
- 273-277 Appropriate research for primary health care: An anthropologist's view
by Buzzard, Shirley
- 279-290 Peripheral health workers are central to primary health care: Lessons from Papua New Guinea's aid posts
by Frankel, Stephen
- 291-303 The role of maternal and child health clinics in education and prevention: A case study from Papua New Guinea
by Reid, Janice
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 77-84 Gender differences in mental and physical illness: The effects of fixed roles and nurturant roles
by Gove, Walter R.
- 84-88 Teetering on the horns of a dilemma: Professor gove's latest paper on sex differences in illness behavior
by Marcus, Alfred C. & Seeman, Teresa E. & Telesky, Carol W.
- 88-91 On understanding illness, illness behavior and reading what has been written: a reply to Marcus, Seeman and Telesky
by Gove, Walter R.
- 93-115 Unemployment and suicidal behaviour: A review of the literature
by Platt, Stephen
- 117-122 To protect the public: Professionalism vs competence in dentistry
by Jago, J. D.
- 123-130 General practice, ethnicity and health services delivery
by Rathwell, Tom
- 131-134 Attitudes of a group of Egyptian medical students towards family planning
by El-Mehairy, Theresa
- 135-146 Managing medical mistakes: Ideology, insularity and accountability among internists-in-training
by Mizrahi, Terry
- 147-155 Illness behaviour: An exploration of determinants
by Gail Frankel, B. & Nuttall, Sandy
- 157-162 Advice from the obstetrician and other sources: Do they affect women's breast feeding practices? a study among different Jewish groups in Jerusalem
by Mansbach, Ivonne K. & Palti, Hava & Pevsner, Bella & Pridan, Helen & Palti, Zvi
- 163-166 Interaction between the socio-demographic variables of physicians and their patients: Its impact upon patient satisfaction
by Murphy-Cullen, Cassie L. & Larsen, Lars C.
- 167-175 What is a successful doctor-patient interview? a study of interactions and outcomes
by Stewart, Moira A.
- 177-182 Nutritional thriftiness and human reproduction: Beyond the critical body composition hypothesis
by Quandt, Sara A.
January 1984, Volume 19, Issue 1
- 1-7 Some personal observations on health policy in Iran, 1973-1978
by Andreano, Ralph
- 9-18 Doctor-patient interaction, patients' health behavior and effects of treatment
by Heszen-Klemens, Irena & Lapinska, Elzbieta
- 19-25 The effect of disability insurance on health care demand
by Slade, Frederic P.
- 27-57 Hypothesis of leprosy, tuberculosis and urbanization in Africa
by Hunter, John M. & Thomas, Morris O.
- 59-65 Relationships between physical and psychological symptomatology in the 22-item Langner's scale
by De Marco, Roberto
January 1984, Volume 18, Issue 12
- 1011-1018 Diuretics in pregnancy: A case study of a worthless therapy
by Hemminki, Elina
- 1019-1025 Differences among practitioners in patterns of preference for information sources in the adoption of new drugs
by Peay, Marilyn Y. & Peay, Edmund R.
- 1027-1036 Early discharge and return to work following myocardial infarction
by Stewart, Miriam J. & Gregor, Frances M.
- 1037-1044 Life events or life processes as determinants of mental strain? A 5-year follow-up study
by Aro, Seppo & Hänninen, Vilma
- 1045-1052 The organizational foundations of nursing roles: An empirical assessment
by Alexander, Jeffrey
- 1053-1059 Perceived likeability and competence of simulated patients: Influence on physicians' management plans
by Gerbert, Barbara
- 1061-1062 An outbreak of Shigellosis in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community
by Porter, B. & Schinder, E. & Nagar, H. & Gilad, Y. & Torek, V.
- 1063-1069 Games that professionals play: The social psychology of physician-nurse interaction
by Tellis-Nayak, M. & Tellis-Nayak, V.
- 1071-1079 Traditional healers in Swaziland: Toward improved cooperation between the traditional and modern health sectors
by Green, Edward C. & Makhubu, Lydia
- 1081-1088 The meaning of touch in care practice
by Pratt, John W & Mason, Allen
- 1089-1093 Psychological side-effects of the mass screening on cervical cancer
by Reelick, N. F. & de Haes, W. F. M. & Schuurman, J. H.
- 1103-1103 Letter to the editor
by Hamel, J. L.
January 1984, Volume 18, Issue 11
- 899-900 Introduction
by Krupinski, Jerzy
- 901-907 Australia's environment and its influences on health
by Brownlea, A. A. & Taylor, C. M.
- 909-917 The social distribution of illness: Is Australia more equal?
by Broom, Dorothy H.
- 919-925 Health patterns in New Zealand: Class, ethnicity and the impact of economic development
by Davis, Peter
- 927-937 Changing patterns of migration to Australia and their influence on the health of migrants
by Krupinski, Jerzy
- 939-948 Australian aboriginal health and health-care
by Thomson, Neil
- 949-958 A comparative analysis of Australian health policy in the 1970s
by Najman, J. M. & Western, J. S.
- 959-966 Structural interests and Australian health policy
by Duckett, S. J.
- 967-972 The cost of health care and health insurance in Australia: Some problems associated with the fee-for-service system
by Opit, L. J.
- 973-980 Medical politics: Decline in the hegemony of the Australian Medical Association?
by Hunter, Thelma
- 981-989 Equity, access and resource allocation: Planning hospital services in New Zealand
by Barnett, J. Ross
- 991-996 Rural psychiatric services in Western Australia
by Burvill, P. W. & Stampfer, H. & Reymond, J.
- 997-1004 Community vs institutional care: The case of the Australian aged
by Gibson, D. M. & Rowland, D. T.
- 1005-1010 Community orientated treatment compared to psychiatric hospital orientated treatment
by Hoult, John & Rosen, Alan & Reynolds, Ingrid
January 1984, Volume 18, Issue 10
- 809-817 Medical technology and professional dominance theory
by Greer, Ann Lennarson
- 819-825 Client characteristics at Kissy Mental Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone
by Gesler, Wilbert M. & Nahim, E. A.
- 827-837 Lay consulation of older people
by Furstenberg, Anne Linda & Davis, Linda J.
- 839-844 Knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning in Hausa women
by Rehan, Naghma
- 845-846 Research priorities for medical anthropologists in the 1980s
by DeWalt, Kathleen M. & van Willigen, John
- 847-854 Anthropological research perspectives on health problems in developing countries
by Foster, George M.
- 855-859 Population and health in the developing world: Research perspectives for medical anthropologists
by Ford, Thomas R. & Arcury, Thomas A.
- 861-871 The challenge of comparative health policy research for applied medical anthropology
by Hill, Carole E.
- 873-880 The informative content of diagnostic tests: An economic analysis
by Eeckhoudt, Louis R. & Lebrun, Thérèse C. & Sailly, Jean-Claude L.
- 881-888 Effects of public education about breast cancer and breast self-examination
by Siero, Sjef & Kok, Gerjo & Pruyn, Jean
- 889-898 Stress and coping in the explanation of psychological adjustment among chronically ill adults
by Felton, Barbara J. & Revenson, Tracey A. & Hinrichsen, Gregory A.
January 1984, Volume 18, Issue 9