| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 410 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-389) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; An introduction to health psychology; Psychophysiology, health and illness; Stress and coping; PATIENT BEHAVIOUR AND THE MANAGEMENT OF ILLNESS; The medical consultation; The experience of treatment; Pain: psychological aspects; HEALTH ISSUES; Social drugs: effects upon health; The primary prevention of AIDS; Decision making for contraception and abortion; Essential hypertension; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Nutrition, exercise and health. |
| Summary |
Completely revised and updated second edition of this classic text which contains additional chapters on cancer, nutrition and exercise, social drugs and the impact of social inequalities upon health. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Clinical health psychology.
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Clinical health psychology. |
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Medicine and psychology.
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Medicine and psychology. |
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Health Behavior. |
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Attitude to Health. |
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Disease -- psychology. |
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Behavioral Medicine. |
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Psychophysiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pitts, Marian, 1948-
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Phillips, Keith, 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Psychology of health. 2nd ed. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 (DLC) 97040283 |
| ISBN |
9780203441749 |
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0203441745 |
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9780415150248 (paperback) |
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0415150248 (paperback) |
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9780415150231 (hardback) |
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041515023X (hardback) |
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9781134748693 (electronic book) |
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1134748698 (electronic book) |
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0203441745 |
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0415150248 (paperback) |
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041515023X (hardback) |
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