Health Psychology: a Textbook

Name: Health Psychology: a Textbook
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ISBN: 9780335243839

ISBN-10: 0335243835

ISBN-13: 9780335243839

Edition: 5th 2012

Authors: Jane Ogden

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Health Psychology, 5eby Jane Ogden is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology. It is also invaluable to students of medicine, nursing and allied health.This thoroughly revised and updated fifth edition includes:New chapterson 'Health inequalities', 'Health promotion and public health', 'Men's health issues' and 'Critical health psychology'.Expanded chapteron 'Access to health care: help seeking, screening communication and adherence'Cutting edge research, studies, references and further readingMorefeaturesto help you learn: more 'Problems with' boxes; new Research in Focus studies, introducing you to contemporary topics and emerging areas for research in…

Book details

List price: $41.99
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 5/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 7.48" wide x 10.24" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Preface to the fifth edition



The context of health psychology


An introduction to health psychology


Health inequalities



Health beliefs, behaviour and behaviour change


Health beliefs


Addictive behaviours: Smoking and alcohol and other addictions


Eating behaviour


Exercise


Sex


Health promotion: changing health behaviours



Becoming ill


Illness cognitions


Accessing health care


Stress


Stress and illness



Being ill


Pain and the placebo effect


HIV and cancer: psychology through the course of illness


Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology through the course of illness


Women's health issues


Men's health issues


Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life



Reflecting on health psychology


Critical health psychology


Glossary