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JournalISSN: 0277-9536

Social Science & Medicine 

Elsevier BV
About: Social Science & Medicine is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Population & Health care. It has an ISSN identifier of 0277-9536. Over the lifetime, 18503 publications have been published receiving 1113169 citations.


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TL;DR: The development and evaluation of a brief, multidimensional, self-administered, social support survey that was developed for patients in the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS), a two-year study of patients with chronic conditions is described.

5,617 citations

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TL;DR: The World Health Organization's project to develop a quality of life instrument (the WHOQOL) is described, the reasons that the project was undertaken, the thinking that underlies the project, the method that has been followed in its development and the current status of the project.

5,273 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a conceptual model of how social networks impact health, and argue that networks operate at the behavioral level through four primary pathways: (1) provision of social support; (2) social influence; (3) on social engagement and attachment; and (4) access to resources and material goods.

4,033 citations

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TL;DR: How factors such as ethnicity, economic status, educational level, sexual orientation and social context influence the kind of masculinity that men construct and contribute to differential health risks among men in the United States is explored.

3,629 citations

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TL;DR: This paper attempts to provide greater conceptual clarity about shared treatment decision-making, identify some key characteristics of this model, and discuss measurement issues.

3,531 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202223
2021899
2020706
2019585
2018519
2017618