Functions of health fatalism: fatalistic talk as face saving, uncertainty management, stress relief and sense making.

Keeley, Bethany

Functions of health fatalism: fatalistic talk as face saving, uncertainty management, stress relief and sense making. [electronic resource] - Sociology of health & illness Jul 2009 - 734-47 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

1467-9566

10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01164.x doi


Affect
Attitude to Health
Culture
Depression--psychology
Diabetes Mellitus--psychology
Health Behavior
Heart Diseases--psychology
Humans
Interviews as Topic
Lung Neoplasms--psychology
Social Class
Stress, Psychological--prevention & control
Uncertainty