02857nam 2200661Ia 450 991095835850332120251116173540.01-134-74868-X0-203-44174-51-281-32569-497866113256951-134-74869-810.4324/9780203441749 (CKB)1000000000255207(EBL)169962(OCoLC)123470204(SSID)ssj0000283254(PQKBManifestationID)11236307(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283254(PQKBWorkID)10249767(PQKB)10107184(MiAaPQ)EBC169962(Au-PeEL)EBL169962(CaPaEBR)ebr10056039(CaONFJC)MIL132569(EXLCZ)99100000000025520719970903d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe psychology of health an introduction /edited by Marian Pitts and Keith Phillips2nd ed.London ;New York Routledge19981 online resource (429 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-15024-8 0-415-15023-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-389) and indexes.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 healthCancerWIDER SOCIAL ISSUES; Child health, illness and family influences; Social circumstances, inequalities and health; Glossary; Bibliography; Author index; Subject indexCompletely 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.Clinical health psychologyMedicine and psychologyClinical health psychology.Medicine and psychology.613.019616/.001/9Pitts Marian1948-1873231Phillips Keith1951-1873232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958358503321The psychology of health4483220UNINA