| Edition |
5th ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (589 p.) |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Brief table of contents; Detailed table of contents; List of figures and tables; List of abbreviations; Preface to the fifth edition; Guided tour; Technology to enhance learning and teaching; Acknowledgements; Part One - The Context of Health Psychology; 1 Introduction to health psychology; 2 Health inequalities; Part Two - Health beliefs, behaviour and behaviour change; 3 Health beliefs; 4 Addictive behaviours; 5 Eating behaviour; 6 Exercise; 7 Sex; 8 Health promotion: changing health behaviours; Part Three - Becoming ill; 9 Illness cognitions |
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10 Accessing health care11 Stress; 12 Stress and illness; Part Four - Being ill; 13 Pain and the placebo effect; 14 HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness; 15 Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness; 16 Women's health issues; 17 Men's health issues; 18 Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life; Part Five - Reflecting on health psychology; 19 Critical health psychology; Methodology glossary; References; Index |
| Summary |
This new edition is a comprehensive and accessible guide, examining health behaviours through reviewing the key research in this growing field. |
| Subject |
Clinical health psychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Medicine and psychology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ogden, Jane Health Psychology : A textbook Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill Education,c2012 9780335243839 |
| ISBN |
9780335243846 |
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