title: Do young people's illness beliefs affect healthcare? A systematic review.
abstract: A successful patient-centered approach in clinical practice implies an understanding of patients' experiences of illness, and therefore of their illness beliefs. This paper presents a systematic review of the literature on young people's common illness beliefs in contemporary Western societies and the extent to which these beliefs have been shown to affect healthcare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Primary Care Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. dagmar.haller-hester@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Dagmar M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.forename: Lena A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sanci
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sawyer
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000295:Adolescent Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent