Seeking help for illness: The roles of cultural orientation and illness cognition

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-222

  Quah, Saw Han ^a,b   Bishop, George D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Social Work and Psychology ^*

Author keywords

Chinese health beliefs; Culture; Help seeking; Illness cognition; Singapore

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011176084     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135910539600100205     Document Type: Article

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