"Look, I'm fit, I'm positive and I'll be all right, thank you very much": Coping with hepatitis C treatment and unrealistic optimism

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-366

  Treloar, Carla ^a   Hopwood, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Drug therapy; Hepatitis C; Interferon alpha 2a adverse effects; Psychology; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RIBAVIRIN; SICK ROLE;

EID: 45849106131     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701477532     Document Type: Article

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