Psychosocial and psychodynamic factors influencing health care utilisation

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Maier, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collusion; Health care overuse; Health care utilisation; Interpersonal defence; Psychoanalysis; Psychodynamic factors; Psychosocial factors; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIETY; SYSTEMS THEORY;

AGGRESSION; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMS THEORY;

EID: 33845387567     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10728-006-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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