What about the men? Gender differences in utilisation of arthritis self-management services

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Gibbs, Lisa ^a   Reidpath, Daniel ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Gender; Masculinity; Men; Service utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE;

EID: 18744369966     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/py05009     Document Type: Article

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