Illness behaviour in Sri Lanka: Results of a survey in two Sinhalese communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 545-552

  Wolffers, Ivan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buddhism; medical pluralism; therapy patterns

Indexed keywords

COUGHING; DIARRHEA; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEVER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF MEDICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SRI LANKA; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

COMMON COLD; COUGH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCIES; FEVER; HUMAN; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALING; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SICK ROLE; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0023732732     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(88)90378-4     Document Type: Article

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