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Social science & medicine (Soc Sci Med)

Journal PubWeight™ 345.91‹?›

Top papers

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1 Theoretical and methodological issues in sociological studies of consumer satisfaction with medical care. 1978 6.24
2 Pathways to the doctor-from person to patient. 1973 4.99
3 Obeying doctor's orders: a view from the other side. 1974 3.42
4 Depression, somatization and the "new cross-cultural psychiatry". 1977 3.41
5 Concepts and a model for the comparison of medical systems as cultural systems. 1978 3.12
6 The effects of doctor--patient communication on satisfaction and outcome of care. 1978 3.00
7 Review of literature on the factors affecting drug prescribing. 1975 2.59
8 Sex, illness, and medical care. A review of data, theory, and method. 1977 2.53
9 An application of the U.S. Bureau of the Census socioeconomic index to a large, diversified patient population. 1968 2.50
10 Mortality and mental health: evidence from the Midtown Manhattan Restudy. 1977 2.36
11 Illness and the feminine role: a theoretical review. 1975 2.29
12 Breast feeding in an inner London borough--a study of cultural factors. 1977 2.14
13 The evaluation of a suicide prevention scheme by an ecological method. 1968 2.10
14 Behavioral research and strategies in public health: a demur. 1975 2.04
15 The informative process in private medical consultations: a preliminary investigation. 1978 2.03
16 Language and communication barriers for health delivery to a minority group. 1976 1.97
17 Why do women live longer than men? 1977 1.93
18 Psycho-social factors influencing delay and breast self-examination in women with symptoms of breast cancer. 1977 1.87
19 Physician role performance and patient satisfaction. 1976 1.77
20 Psycho-social transitions: a field for study. 1971 1.76
21 Psychological aspects of venereal disease in a war environment. 1973 1.76
22 Medical organization, medical care and lower income groups. 1969 1.72
23 Distance and the decision to visit an emergency department. 1978 1.72
24 Physicians' drug innovation and relinquishment. 1977 1.69
25 The family as a basic unit in health and medical care: a social-behavioral overview. 1974 1.69
26 Comment: communication and cancer--a social psychiatrist's view. 1974 1.65
27 Social class and infant mortality. 1977 1.63
28 Proximity as a factor in the selection of health care providers: emergency room visits compared to obstetric admissions and abortions. 1979 1.61
29 Innovation in medical practice: obstetricians and the induction of labour in Britain. 1976 1.57
30 Nomination techniques in the study of largely invisible groups: opiate users not at drug dependence clinics. 1977 1.54
31 The summer disease. An integrative model of the seasonality aspects of childhood lead poisoning. 1977 1.49
32 Evaluative criteria for emergency ambulance systems. 1973 1.48
33 A medical approach to suicide prevention. 1972 1.47
34 Faith-healing and spirit-possession in Ghion, Ethiopia. 1968 1.46
35 Close encounters of the medical kind: attitudes toward male and female physicians. 1980 1.46
36 Hopelessness as a predictor of cervical cancer. 1971 1.46
37 Vocational adjustment after first myocardial infarction; comparative assessment of several variables suggested in the literature. 1973 1.45
38 Factors influencing self-assessment of health. 1978 1.39
39 Social involvement and activeness as predictors of morale six months after first myocardial infarction. 1973 1.39
40 Comparisons of health-related attitudes: a cross-national, factor analytic study. 1971 1.38
41 Smoking in pregnancy: the attitudes of expectant mothers. 1977 1.35
42 The burden of rheumatoid arthritis: tolerating the uncertainty. 1975 1.34
43 The heart patient and the recovery process. A review of the directions of research on social and psychological factors. 1968 1.34
44 Physicians' orientation toward the legitimacy of drug use and their preferred source of new drug information. 1972 1.33
45 Sociological factors related to participation in a screening clinic for heart disease. 1969 1.32
46 Terminal care in malignant disease. 1974 1.29
47 The referring of patients as a component of the medical interaction system. 1970 1.27
48 Some variables contributing to the onset of cigarette smoking among junior high school students. 1970 1.27
49 Prevalence of sleep disturbance in a primarily urban Florida County. 1976 1.26
50 Motivation to participate in cancer screening programmes. 1979 1.26
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