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Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

An Illustrated Colour Text

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An integrated textbook of sociology and psychology for medical students which makes the maximum possible use of colour and illustration.
Product Details
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9780443072956
9780443072956

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Publication date
2004
Issue number
2
Cover
paperback
Pages count
192
Dimensions (mm)
210 x 297
Weight (g)
671
  • THE LIFE CYCLE

    Pregnancy and childbirth . Reproductive issues . Development in early infancy . Childhood and child health . Adolescence . Adulthood and mid age . Aging . Bereavement.


    DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSON

    What is personality? . Understanding learning . Perception . Memory and forgetting . Development of sexuality . Intelligence . Development of thinking.


    SOCIETY AND HEALTH

    Understanding groups .Concepts of health, illness and disease . Measuring health and illness . Changing patterns of health and illness . Social class and health . Gender and health . Ethnicity and health . Quality of life . Media and health . Aging, society and health . Housing, homeless and health . Work and health .Unemployment and health . Labeling and stigma.


    PREVENTING ILLNESS AND PROMOTING HEALTH

    What is prevention? . Medical screening . The social implications of the new genetics . Changing individual behaviour . The social context of behavioural change . Health promotion in medical practice . Illegal drugs . Alcohol problems . Smoking . Eating and its effect . Perceptions of risk and risk-taking behaviour.


    ILLNESS BEHAVIOUR AND DOCTOR-PATIENT ENCOUNTER

    Deciding to consult . Seeing the doctor . Placebo . Patient adherence . Communication skills . Breaking bad news . Self care and alternative treatment . The experience with hospitals . Psychological preparation for surgery.


    ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

    Heart disease . Social aspects of HIV/AIDS . Cancer . Anxiety . Depression . Inflammatory bowel disease . Physical disability . Learning disability . Post traumatic stress disorder . Diabetes . Stress and health . Respiratory . Death and dying.


    COPING WITH ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

    Counselling . Adaptation, coping and control . Stress management . Cognitive-behaviour therapy . Role of carers . Self-help groups . Palliative care . Complementary therapies . Management of pain . Health beliefs and health behaviour.


    HOW DO HEALTH SERVICES WORK?

    Organising and funding health care . Assessing needs . Setting priorities and rationing . Community care.


    HOW DO YOU FIT INTO ALL THIS?

    Medical students experience . Being a junior doctor . The profession of medicine.
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