An illness by any other name: The effect of renaming gout on illness and treatment perceptions.

Keith J Petrie Kate MacKrillChristina DerksenNicola Dalbeth

Published in: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association (2017)

Changing an illness label can have a significant effect on causal beliefs, illness perceptions, and management strategies. Changing illness labels may be useful where the lay perceptions of an illness are not aligned with a current understanding of the condition. (PsycINFO Database Record

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