Health psychology : a textbook 4th ed
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jane Ogden
- ناشر : Maidenhead ; New York : Open University Press/McGraw-Hill Education
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780335222643
Description
Detailed table of contents List of figures and tables Preface to the third edition Guided tour Technology to enhance learning and teaching Acknowledgements An introduction to health psychology Health beliefs Illness cognitions Doctor--patient communication and the role of health professionals' health beliefs Smoking and alcohol use Eating behaviour Exercise Sex Screening Stress Stress and illness Pain Placebos and the interrelationship between beliefs, behaviour and health HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness (1) Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness (2) Women's health issues Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life The assumptions of health psychology Methodology glossary References Index
This is an accessible and comprehensive guide to all the major topics of health psychology, including a new chapter on women's health. It is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology and for students of medicine, nursing and allied health courses.
