Hispanic cultural norms for health-seeking behaviors in the face of symptoms

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-80

  Larkey, Linda Kathryn ^a   Hecht, Michael L ^b   Miller, Katherine ^c   Alatorre, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARIZONA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035257272     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019810102800107     Document Type: Article

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