Interpreting bodily changes as illness: A longitudinal study of older adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1553-1567

  Haug, Marie R ^a   Musil, Carol M ^a   Warner, Camille D ^a   Morris, Diana L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodily changes; Elders; Perceived illness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SENESCENCE; STRESS; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; OHIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SENSATION; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0032526392     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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