Informing health? Negotiating the logics of choice and care in everyday practices of 'healthy living'

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2026-2032

  Henwood, Flis ^a   Harris, Roma ^b   Spoel, Philippa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Consumer health information; Empowerment; Healthy living; Informed choice; Logic of care; Logic of choice; UK

Indexed keywords

HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SEEKING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; CANADA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CANADA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958837355     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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