Help seeking for cardiac symptoms: Beyond the masculine-feminine binary

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-24

  Galdas, Paul M ^a   Johnson, Joy L ^a   Percy, Myra E ^a   Ratner, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cardiac symptoms; Cardiovascular disease; Femininity; Gender; Health seeking behaviour; Masculinity

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TREATMENT; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SEX ROLE; THORAX PAIN; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 77953616017     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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