Cross-cultural perspectives on physician and lay models of the common cold

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-166

  Baer, Roberta D ^a   Weller, Susan C ^b   de Alba García, Javier García ^c   Salcedo Rocha, Ana L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CIVIL DE GUADALAJARA FRAY ANTONIO ALCALDE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Common cold; Cross cultural studies; Cultural consensus model; Mexico; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMON COLD; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEXICO; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMON COLD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEXICO; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEXAS;

EID: 48349110668     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2008.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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