gogo
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Health psychology : a textbook / Jane Ogden.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Buckingham : Open University Press, 2000.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xvii, 396p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780335205967 (pbk.) :
  • 9780335205974 (hbk.) :
  • 0335205968(pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.0019 OGD
LOC classification:
  • R726.7 .O37 2000
Contents:
1. An introduction to health psychology -- 2. Health beliefs -- 3. Illness cognitions -- 4.Doctor-patient communicaiton and the role of health professional's health beliefs -- 5.Smoking and alcohol use -- 6. Obesity and eating behaviour -- 7. Exercise -- 8. Sex -- 9.Screening -- 10. Stress -- 11. Pain -- 12. The interrelationship between beliefs, behaviour and health - the example of placebos -- 13. Psychology throughout the course of illness: the examples of HIV, cancer and coronary heart disease -- 14. Measuring health status -- 15. The assumptions of health psychology.
Summary: This is an accessible and comprehensive guide to all the major topics of health psychology, including smoking and alcohol use, exercise, stress and chronic illness. It has been designed specifically with the needs of teachers and students in mind.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 616.0019 OGD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 121127
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 616.0019 OGD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 121126

Previous ed.: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 342-382) and index.

1. An introduction to health psychology -- 2. Health beliefs -- 3. Illness cognitions -- 4.Doctor-patient communicaiton and the role of health professional's health beliefs -- 5.Smoking and alcohol use -- 6. Obesity and eating behaviour -- 7. Exercise -- 8. Sex -- 9.Screening -- 10. Stress -- 11. Pain -- 12. The interrelationship between beliefs, behaviour and health - the example of placebos -- 13. Psychology throughout the course of illness: the examples of HIV, cancer and coronary heart disease -- 14. Measuring health status -- 15. The assumptions of health psychology.

This is an accessible and comprehensive guide to all the major topics of health psychology, including smoking and alcohol use, exercise, stress and chronic illness. It has been designed specifically with the needs of teachers and students in mind.

Powered by Koha