Victim-blaming revisited: A qualitative study of beliefs about illness causation, and responses to chest pain

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 711-716

  Richards, Helen ^b,c   Reid, Margaret ^a   Watt, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angina pectoris; Chest pain; Health behaviour; Health promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VICTIM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHEST PAIN; DIET; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0348227640     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg615     Document Type: Article

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