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A reappraisal of the "brain drain"--With special reference to the medical profession
(Elsevier, 1979-03)
The "brain drain" problem is not so much a question of the numbers who migrate as the distortion in training systems and economic structures that their mobility implies. The persistence of the problem reflects the ...
Accessibility to medical care among urban American Indians in a large metropolitan area
(Elsevier, 1982)
Federal health and medical care programs recently mandated for American Indians living in cities are predicted upon information pertaining to their unmet health needs and assessments of their accessibility to medical care. ...
Severing the bonds of love: A case study in soul loss
(Elsevier, 1988)
Karo Batak ceremonial curing practices in urban Indonesia take place in a disputed zone of acts and meanings, in which neither social nor cultural coherence can be presumed by the analyst. Examining the therapeutic efforts ...
Emerging trends in gerontology and geriatrics: Implications for the self-care of the elderly
(Elsevier, 1986)
Increases in the world's older population have posed a significant challenge to available health care resources. For many older people, informal initiatives represent a necessary, rather than an optional health care strategy ...
From sneezes to adieux: Stages of health for American men and women
(Elsevier, 1986)
This article traces health from daily symptoms to death for American (U.S.) men and women in three age groups 17-44, 45-64, 65+. How do leading problems change as our perspective shifts from daily symptoms to annual incidence ...
Triggers of symptoms and health care
(Elsevier, 1985)
This article studies triggers of physical symptoms and health care on a daily basis. The data used are health diaries kept for 6 weeks by 589 adults in metropolitan Detroit. The results show that bad moods consistently ...
How physicians treat mentally distressed men and women
(Elsevier, 1984)
There is speculation that women receive different medical care than men because physicians have stereotyped views about women's symptoms and treatment preferences. This paper asks if men and women who visit physicians for ...