Variations in lay health theories: Implications for consumer health care decision making

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1687-1703

  Hughner, Renée Shaw ^a   Kleine, Susan Schultz ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Health; Health behavior; Health care; Health concepts; Health policy; Lay concepts and practices

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CODEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549084981     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308327354     Document Type: Article

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