Religion, Religiosity, and Illness Behavior
The Special Case of the Jews
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2497869 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Mechanic (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 202-208 |
| Publication date | 1963-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7259 • E-ISSN: 1938-3517 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/humo.22.3.n413264p32280q03 |
| OpenAlex | W1997604647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
Whether a person is sensitive to feelings of discomfort, and how he regards his symptoms, are likely to affect considerably whether he will seek medical care and treatment, and what precautions he will practice. The importance of the norms and values underlying people's behavior makes it necessary to study the various social and cultural patterns that effect the arrival of ill persons at medical settings, as well as those that lead to various other treatment alternatives
Criminology · Illness behavior · Psychiatry · Religiosity · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Jewish Identity and Society · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious studies · Social Psychology
Disability, Religion and Health
Lay self-care in health
A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Psychiatric Symptom Expression Using Langner's Twenty-Two Item Index
Health and Social Service Needs in a Northeastern Metropolitan Area
Dietary Behavior, Dietary Adequacy, and Religious Social Support
Physician Utilization by Three Groups of Ethnic Elderly
The Study of Illness Behaviour
Some Approaches and Problems in the Study of the Use of Services--An Overview
Reexamining the Sick-Role Concept
A Re-Examination of Suchman's Views on Social Factors in Health Care Utilization
A Model to Explain Visits to the Doctor
Sexual Status and Psychiatric Symptoms
Does Religious Attendance Prolong Survival? A Six-Year Follow-Up Study of 3,968 Older Adults
Depression and somatization
Social Psychologic Factors Affecting the Presentation of Bodily Complaints
The Meaning of Symptoms
Is there a religious factor in health
Religious faith and adjustment to long-term hemodialysis
Religious Differences in Physical and Mental Health among Israeli Jews
Religious Participation, Religious Motivation and Individual Psychosocial Competence
Characteristics of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant hospitals
Intraethnic Diversity
Citizen Participation, Social Organization, and Culture
Abstracts and Reviews
Involvement with a disease and primary care utilization
Ethnic differences in the outpatient use of a public-charity hospital
The family as a basic unit in health and medical care
Patterns of help-seeking for mental illness among Australian University students
Sociocultural variation in sick role behavioural expectations
A cross cultural study of cerebral palsy
Medical and health orientations of American Jews
Religious identity and response to serious illness
Biomedical anthropology
Religion and preventative health care utilization among the elderly
Self-care in Israel
The interplay of culture and symptoms
| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 1965 - 2024 (60) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |