Beliefs on coping with illness: A consumer's perspective

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 553-559

  De Ridder, Denise ^a   Depla, Marja ^b   Severens, Peter ^c   Malsch, Marijke ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c Talcott BV   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Inst Stud C   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Concept mapping; Coping with illness; Health beliefs; Patient organizations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031026706     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00085-8     Document Type: Article

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