Basic cultural values and differences in attitudes towards health, illness and treatment preferences within a psychosomatic frame of reference

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Bekker, Frits J ^a   Hentschel, Uwe ^a   Fujita, Michiko ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Illness attributions; Intercultural differences; Lifestyles; Treatment preferences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030036824     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289074     Document Type: Article

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