Patients' perceptions of their illness: The dynamo of volition in health care

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-65

  Petrie, Keith J ^a   Weinman, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adherence; assessment; illness perceptions; intervention; outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856414143     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721411429456     Document Type: Article

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