Turkish migrant women encountering health care in Stockholm: A qualitative study of somatization and illness meaning

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 431-452

  Bäärnhielm, Sofie ^a   Ekblad, Solvig ^b  

^a Center for Forensic Psychiatry   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Culture; Illness meaning; Mental health; Migration; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SWEDEN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SWEDEN; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN;

EID: 0034548667     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005671732703     Document Type: Article

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