Patient beliefs about epilepsy and brain surgery in a multicultural urban population

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-49

  Prus, Nehama ^a   Grant, Arthur C ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary medicine; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPILEPSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RELIGION; SEIZURE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 72949096324     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.09.022     Document Type: Article

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