This Second Edition of the critically acclaimed, best-selling textbook retains all of the features of the first but with greater coverage and pedagogic focus than before. All chapters from the original edition have been substantially rewritten with the aim of greater clarity and provide updates of the latest research. Five new chapters have been added to reflect the expansion of health psychology and its increasing relevance to the world of health care.
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'The book provides an excellent foundation to health psychology. It brings readers up to date with past controversies and current difficulties and suggests areas for further research to promote positive health behaviours and a healthy nation' - Janette C Allotey, Nurse Researcher
`This text provides a useful and refreshing addition to health psychology texts with a very applied social, and cultural focus. It would make a useful addition to any undergraduate or Masters course in health psychology' -British Journal of Health Psychology
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This book provides an overview of the field of health psychology studied as both natural and human science. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
critical health psychology, behaviour change approach, community health psychology, interactive dyad, qualitative textual analysis, social cognition models, health belief systems, workplace social support, motivation enhancement therapy, public health psychology, illness perception questionnaire, interpretative phenomenological analysis, causal ontologies, authoritarian doctor, collective action approach, health gradient, interaction analysis systems, disability culture, social representation theory, health promotion interventions, medication beliefs, deviant patient, social gradient, flowchart model, illness representations New!
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This book provides an overview of the field of health psychology studied as both natural and human science. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
critical health psychology, behaviour change approach, community health psychology, interactive dyad, qualitative textual analysis, social cognition models, health belief systems, workplace social support, motivation enhancement therapy, public health psychology, illness perception questionnaire, interpretative phenomenological analysis, causal ontologies, authoritarian doctor, collective action approach, health gradient, interaction analysis systems, disability culture, social representation theory, health promotion interventions, medication beliefs, deviant patient, social gradient, flowchart model, illness representations New!
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- Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions (Managing Work and Organizations Series) by Sheila Payne on page 78, and Back Matter
- Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy (Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health) by David A Pare in Front Matter
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