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Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

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9780702062988
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Now in its fourth edition, this definitive and popular introduction to human behaviour in the context of health and illness includes three new chapters, many new contributors and a new co-editor.

It is arranged in nine sections to cover the core concepts of psychology and sociology as they apply to medicine.

1. The life cycle
2. Development of the person
3. Society and health
4. Preventing illness and promoting health
5. Illness, behaviour and the doctor-patient encounter
6. Illness and disability
7. Coping with illness and disability
8. Hoe do health services work
9. How do you fit into all this?

Product Details
Elsevier
60622
9780702062988
9780702062988

Data sheet

Publication date
2019
Issue number
4
Cover
paperback
Pages count
193
Dimensions (mm)
210 x 297
Weight (g)
680

  • 1 The life cycle
    1. The biopsychosocial model
    2. Pregnancy and childbirth
    3. Reproductive issues
    4. Development in early infancy
    5. Childhood and child health
    6. Adolescence
    7. Social aspects of ageing
    8. Bereavement

    2 Development of the person
    9. Personality and health
    10. Understanding learning
    11. Perception
    12. Emotions
    13. Memory problems
    14. How does sexuality develop?
    15. Intelligence
    16. Development of thinking

    3 Society and health
    17. Understanding groups
    18. Concepts of health, illness and disease
    19. Measuring health and illness
    20. Changing patterns of health and illness
    21. Social class and health
    22. Gender and health
    23. LGBT health
    24. Ethnicity and health
    25. Quality of life
    26. Media and health
    27. Housing, homelessness and health
    28. Work and health
    29. Unemployment and health
    30. Labelling and stigma

    4 Preventing illness and promoting health
    31. Perceptions of risk and risk-taking behaviours
    32. What are disease prevention and health promotion?
    33. Health screening
    34. The social implications of the new genetics
    35. Health beliefs, motivation and behaviour
    36. Changing cognitions and behaviour
    37. Helping people to act on their intentions
    38. The social context of behavioural change
    39. Illegal drug use
    40. Alcohol use
    41. Smoking, tobacco control and doctors
    42. Eating, body shape and health

    5 Illness behaviour and the doctor-patient encounter
    43. Deciding to consult
    44. Seeing the doctor
    45. Placebo and nocebo effects
    46. Adherence
    47. Clinical communication skills
    48. Breaking bad news
    49. Self-care
    50. Patient experience
    51. Psychological preparation for surgery

    6 Illness and disability
    52. Heart disease
    53. Malnutrition and obesity
    54. HIV/AIDS
    55. Cancer
    56. Anxiety
    57. Depression
    58. Inflammatory bowel disease
    59. Physical disability
    60. Learning disability
    61. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    62. Diabetes mellitus
    63. Stress and health
    64. Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    65. Death and dying

    7 Coping with illness and disability
    66. Counselling
    67. Urban nature, health and wellbeing
    68. Coping and adaptation
    69. Cognitive-behavioural therapy
    70. Coping with illness and disability
    71. Palliative care
    72. Complementary therapies
    73. The management of pain

    8 How do health services work?
    74. Organizing and funding health care
    75. Assessing needs
    76. Setting priorities and rationing
    77. Community care
    78. Health: a global perspective
    79. Health: a rural perspective

    9 How do you fit into all this?
    80. Medical students’ experience
    81. Life as a trainee doctor
    82. The profession of medicine

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