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Health Psychology

ISBN: 9780138952440 | 0138952442
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 7/24/2001

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
For courses in Health Psychology and Health. This classic exploration of health psychology explains the timeless wisdom uncovered by psychology and other social sciences about the meaning of health, illness, and optimal health care. Written in an engaging, accessible style, it provides a conceptual integration of the most important relevant research of the whole 20th century, as well as discussing the most important recent findingsbut without becoming a complicated research compendium. Throughout, the biopsychosocial health psychology model is ... MORE
PART I Introduction to Basic Concepts and Methods1(74)
The Field of Health Psychology
3(24)
The Psychophysiological Basis of Health and Illness
... MORE(23)
The Social and Cultural Basis of Health and Illness
50(25)
PART II Psychological Contributors to and Treatments of Illness75(172)
Belief, Pain, and Healing
77(24)
Stress and Illness
101(32)
Personality and Disease
133(28)
Quality of Life and the Self-Healing Personality
161(26)
Adaptation to Chronic Illness
187(27)
Dying, Death, and Grief
214(33)
PART III Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, and the Health Care System247(138)
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Illegal Drug Abuse
249(25)
Nutrition, Exercise, and Prophylaxis
274(26)
Patient Cooperation (Adherence)
300(26)
Communication between Patients and Practitioners
326(27)
Health Care Professionals and Hospitals
353(32)
PART IV Society, Utilization, and the Future385
Medical Ethics and Utilization Issues
387
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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