With an attack I associate it more with going into hospital: Understandings of asthma and psychosocial stressors; are they related to use of services?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 765-775

  Jones, Ian Rees ^a   Ahmed, Nilufar ^b   Kelly, Moira ^b   Bothamley, Graham ^c   Rajakulasingam, Raja ^c   Victor, Christina ^d   O'Malley, Anne ^c   Griffiths, Chris ^e,f  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Lower Clapton Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Chronic illness; Primary care; Psychosocial; UK; Use of health services

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249032508     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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