Parental health attitudes, illnesses and supports and the referral of children to medical specialists

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-315

  Gulhati, A ^a   Minty, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factitious illness; Illness behaviour; Maternal health beliefs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FACTITIOUS DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0032110422     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1998.tb00949.x     Document Type: Article

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