The tasks of self-managing hepatitis C: The significance of disclosure

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 460-474

  Fry, Margaret ^a   Bates, Glen ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chronic disease; discrimination (psychology); health behaviour; hepatitis C; self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DENIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE DISSONANCE; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELPLESSNESS, LEARNED; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL STIGMA; VICTORIA;

EID: 84859339341     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2011.592982     Document Type: Article

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