Psychology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals : Applying Theory to Practice

by Gross,Richard; Woolf,Emma

• ISBN13: 9780340930113
• ISBN10: 034093011X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-03-30
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Psychology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals is a brand-new textbook written for all those studying and working in nursing and in the allied health professions including midwifery and health visiting. It provides comprehensive coverage of the core subject areas of psychology: social processes such as conformity, obedience, social behaviour, development across the lifespan, including early experiences, cognitive, adolescence, adulthood, and old age -- as well as health psychology, stress, and personality. Written by the bestselling psychology author Richard Gross with Nancy Kinnison, a highly experienced nurse and nursing lecturer, Psychology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals is a refreshingly new approach to applying the theoretical aspects of psychology to the practical aspects of nursing and health care. This highly illustrated text is accessible, practical, and comprehensive.

Table of Contents

What is psychology?	p. 1
Theoretical approaches	p. 23
Psychological aspects of illness	p. 41
Social cognition and health behaviour	p. 61
Stress	p. 79
Personality and health behaviour	p. 101
Substance use and abuse	p. 121
Social perception	p. 141
Attribution	p. 159
Attitudes and attitude change	p. 177
Prejudice and discrimination	p. 199
Conformity and group influence	p. 219
Obedience	p. 237
Early experience and social development	p. 255
Cognitive development	p. 277
Development of the self-concept	p. 295
Adolescence	p. 311
Adulthood	p. 333
Late adulthood	p. 351
Death and dying	p. 371
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