A cross-cultural study of psychosocial aspects of sickle cell disease in the UK and Nigeria

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-304

  Anie, Kofi A ^a,c   Dasgupta, Tanya ^a   Ezenduka, Pauline ^b   Anarado, Agnes ^b   Emodi, Ifoema ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^c CENTRAL MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Cultural; Locus of control; Psychosocial; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249011524     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500600984034     Document Type: Article

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