Health psychology : a textbook / Jane Ogden.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2004. Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxvi, 473 p. : ill. 25 cmISBN: 0335214878; 9780335214877; 0335214711 (pbk); 9780335214716Subject(s): Clinical health psychologyDDC classification: Online resources: WorldCat details | Ebook Fulltext | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Bibliography: p. 405-457, and index.
TOC 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 innerrelationship between beliefs, behaviour and health --
HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness --
Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness --
Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life --
The assumptions of health psychology.
Summary:This is an accessible and comprehensive guide to all the major topics of health psychology, including new chapters on stress and eating disorders. It is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology and for students of medicine,nursing and allied health courses
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