title: Understanding patients' health beliefs.
abstract: Health and ill-health are subject to wide interpretation between and within lay and professional groups. A simple relationship between health beliefs and behaviour cannot be assumed. Understanding an individual's health locus of control may help to determine the most appropriate health message for that person.
authors: School of Health Studies, Homerton College, Cambridge.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*