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Now in. its second edition, this book's biopsychosocial health psychology approach is contrasted and compared to traditional biomedical views of health and disease. Rather than simply offering research findings, concepts are integrated throughout the text, allowing students to learn specific content while they evaluate research and theory.

Comprehensive overview by 2 leading researchers. Highly readable, appropriate for courses in Behavioral Medicine or Health Psychology.

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
About the Author	p. xix
Introduction to Basic Concepts and Methods	p. 1
The Field of Health Psychology	p. 3
Causes of Death	p. 4
The Emotional Context	p. 4
The Psychological and Psychophysiological Context	p. 9
The Social (Interactional) Context	p... MORE. 11
The Behavioral Context	p. 13
The Institutional Context	p. 14
The Societal and Cultural Context	p. 15
Medical Ethics	p. 17
Methodology	p. 18
The Discipline of Health Psychology	p. 23
The Organization of This Book	p. 25
Summary and Conclusion	p. 25
The Psychophysiological Basis of Health and Illness	p. 27
A Brief History of Psychophysiology	p. 28
Autonomic Nervous System	p. 32
Endocrine System	p. 32
Psychology and the Immune System	p. 38
Fitness	p. 41
The Traditional Biomedical Model	p. 44
Evaluation	p. 47
Summary and Conclusion	p. 47
The Social and Cultural Basis of Health and Illness	p. 50
Medical Help-Seeking	p. 51
What Is Illness?	p. 54
Cultural and Demographic Influences	p. 56
Social Cognition: Social Perception, Attribution, and Illness	p. 58
The Rewards of the Sick Role	p. 65
Wellness	p. 66
The Biopsychosocial Health Psychology Model	p. 67
Summary and Conclusion	p. 72
Psychological Contributors to and Treatments of Illness	p. 75
Belief, Pain, and Healing	p. 77
Holistic Health	p. 79
Belief and Its Function in Health	p. 82
Religiosity	p. 87
Pain	p. 89
Pain Management	p. 93
Summary and Conclusion	p. 98
Stress and Illness	p. 101
What Is Stress?	p. 102
Models of Stress and Illness	p. 103
Loss, Life Change, and Illness	p. 106
Mastery and Control or Relinquishing Control	p. 108
Life Change	p. 113
Stress Psychophysiology	p. 119
Coping With Stress	p. 120
Self-Induced Stress	p. 129
Summary and Conclusion	p. 130
Personality and Disease	p. 133
Models of Personality and Disease	p. 135
The Coronary-Prone Personality	p. 140
The Disease-Prone Personality	p. 146
Personality and the Immune System	p. 154
Implications for Society	p. 157
Summary and Conclusion	p. 159
Quality of Life and the Self-Healing Personality	p. 161
Healthy Work	p. 163
Quality of Life	p. 165
Healthy Control	p. 166
Commitment	p. 169
Challenge	p. 170
Healthy Subtypes	p. 172
Optimism	p. 174
Salutogenesis and Coherence	p. 174
The Self-Healing Personality	p. 175
Social Ties and Social Integration	p. 179
Life-Time Predictors of Longevity	p. 181
Summary and Conclusion	p. 185
Adaptation to Chronic Illness	p. 187
Adaptation to the Crisis of Illness	p. 189
Coping With Chronic Illness	p. 193
Social Support and Rehabilitation	p. 198
Special Cases of Chronic Illness	p. 204
Summary and Conclusion	p. 211
Dying, Death, and Grief	p. 214
Reactions to Impending Death	p. 216
The Hospice	p. 221
Bereavement and Grieving	p. 224
The Caregiver's Reaction to Dying Patients	p. 230
Children and Death	p. 232
Suicide	p. 236
Evaluation	p. 242
Summary and Conclusion	p. 242
Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and the Health Care System	p. 247
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illegal Drug Abuse	p. 249
Models of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	p. 250
Tobacco	p. 256
Alcohol	p. 264
Illegal Drug Abuse	p. 267
Summary and Conclusion	p. 272
Nutrition, Exercise, and Prophylaxis	p. 274
Nutrition and Eating	p. 276
Exercise and Physical Activity	p. 285
Injury	p. 291
Human Sexuality	p. 294
Immunizations and Vector Control	p. 296
Summary and Conclusion	p. 298
Patient Cooperation (Adherence)	p. 300
The Problem of Noncooperation	p. 302
Consequences of Noncooperation	p. 305
Reasons for Lack of Cooperation	p. 306
The Care of the Patient	p. 314
Doctor-Patient Relations	p. 318
Models of the Practitioner-Patient Relationship	p. 321
Summary and Conclusion	p. 324
Communication Between Patients and Practitioners	p. 326
The Problem of Practitioner-Patient Communication	p. 327
Words and Medical Jargon	p. 330
Nonverbal Communication Between Patients and Practitioners	p. 335
Interviewing in the Health Care Context	p. 346
Summary and Conclusion	p. 351
Health Care Professionals and Hospitals	p. 353
Medical Training	p. 354
Stress and Its Effects on Practicing Health Care Professionals	p. 360
Decision-Making in Health Care	p. 363
Women in Medicine	p. 368
Hospitals	p. 374
Summary and Conclusion	p. 382
Society, Utilization, and the Future	p. 385
Medical Ethics and Utilization Issues	p. 387
Socio-Medical Ethics	p. 388
Health Care and the Poor	p. 390
Health Care Utilization	p. 393
The Future of Health Psychology	p. 396
The Promise of Health Psychology	p. 402
Summary and Conclusion	p. 405
Glossary	p. 407
References	p. 427
Name Index	p. 491
Subject Index	p. 503
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Howard S. Friedman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside, is an elected Fellow of the Division of Health Psychology of the American Psychological Association. The APA has awarded him the career honor for "Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology."

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