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UNINA9910819559503321 |
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Titolo |
The psychology of health : an introduction / / edited by Marian Pitts and Keith Phillips |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-74868-X |
0-203-44174-5 |
1-281-32569-4 |
9786611325695 |
1-134-74869-8 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (429 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PhillipsKeith <1951-> |
PittsMarian <1948-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Clinical health psychology |
Medicine and psychology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-389) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
CancerWIDER SOCIAL ISSUES; Child health, illness and family influences; Social circumstances, inequalities and health; Glossary; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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