The defeat of reason

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 315-325

  Loughlin, Michael ^a   Pritchard, Alison ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MENTAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 0031427349     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1042(199712)5:4<315::AID-HCA237>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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19. Nor, of course, is it obvious that people are wrong to seek medical advice whenever their ill health is determined by social factors. Believing that there is a work or environment-related cause for one's condition does not exclude the possibility of having a medically treatable illness.
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