Meanings of epilepsy in its sociocultural context and implications for stigma: Findings from ethnographic studies in local communities in China and Vietnam

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 286-297

  Jacoby, A ^a   Wang, W ^b   Vu, T Dang ^c   Wu, J ^d   Snape, D ^a   Aydemir, N ^e   Parr, J ^f   Reis, R ^g   Begley, C ^h   de Boer, H ⁱ   Prilipko, L ^j   Baker, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^d China OASI Centre for Epilepsy   (China)

^e ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Cross cultural; Epilepsy; Ethnography; Quality of life; Social course; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CHINESE DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; VIETNAM;

EID: 37749009304     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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