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9780415150231

The Psychology of Health

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415150231

  • ISBN10:

    041515023X

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-05-07
  • Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

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Summary

The first edition ofThe Psychology of Healthwas very well received and has become the standard recommended text for many courses. This completely revised and updated second edition contains new material in all chapters and has several additional chapters on such topics as cancer, nutrition and exercise, social drugs, and the impact of social inequalities upon health. This edition also contains annotated further reading, a glossary of key terms, boxes with ideas and questions for seminar topics, helpful revision points in chapter summaries and an extensive bibliography.

Table of Contents

List of figures
ix(2)
List of tables
xi(1)
List of contributors xii(1)
Preface xiii(2)
Acknowledgements xv(2)
List of abbreviations xvii
Part one INTRODUCTION 1(68)
1 An introduction to health psychology
3(22)
2 Psychophysiology, health and illness
25(22)
3 Stress and coping
47(22)
Part two PATIENT BEHAVIOUR AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ILLNESS 69(60)
4 The medical consultation
71(22)
5 The experience of treatment
93(16)
6 Pain: psychological aspects
109(20)
Part three HEALTH ISSUES 129(156)
7 Social drugs: effects upon health
131(18)
8 The primary prevention of AIDS
149(20)
9 Decision making for contraception and abortion
169(18)
10 Essential hypertension
187(18)
11 Coronary heart disease
205(20)
12 Diabetes
225(18)
13 Nutrition, exercise and health
243(20)
14 Cancer
263(22)
Part four WIDER SOCIAL ISSUES 285(44)
15 Child health, illness and family influences
287(26)
16 Social circumstances, inequalities and health
313(16)
Glossary 329(8)
Bibliography 337(54)
Author index 391(12)
Subject index 403

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