Psychology and sociology applied to medicine / edited by Mike Porter, Beth Alder, Charles Abraham ; foreword by Keith Millar ; illustrated by Robert Britton.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-159) and index.

The life cycle -- Pregnancy and childbirth. Edwin R. van Teijlingen -- Reproductive issues. Beth Adler -- Development in early infancy. Peter Wright -- Childhood and child health. Mike Porter -- How does the person develop? -- What is personality? Beth Adler -- How do we learn? Beth Adler -- Perception. Susan Llewelyn -- What is emoton? Cynthia A. Graham -- Memory and forgetting. Peter Wright -- Society and health -- Concepts of health, illness and disease. Sarah Cunningham-Burley -- Measuring health and illness. Mike Porter -- Changing patterns of health and illness. Sheina Orbell -- Protection and risk in health -- Perceptions of risk and risk-taking behaviours. Sarah Cunningham-Burley -- Stress. Jacqueline M. Atkinson -- Health beliefs and health behaviour. Charles Abraham -- Housing, homelessness and health. Jane Hopton -- Work and health. Mike Porter -- Unemployment and health. Kenneth Mullen -- War, conflict and disaster. Sheina Orbell -- Preventing illness and promoting health -- What is prevention? Sheina Orbell -- Medical screening. Marie Johnston -- The social implications of the new genetics. Sarah Cunningham-Burley -- Changing individual behaviour. Pauline McGoldrick - The soical context of behavioural change. Lloyd Carson -- Illness behaviour and the doct0r-patient encounter -- Deciding to consult. Mike Porter -- Seeing the doctor. Mike Porter -- Placebo. Pamela J. Baldwin -- Patient adherecne. Charles Abraham -- Communications skills. George Deans -- Breaking bad news. Gail Johnston -- Selfcare and alternative treatment. Sarah Cunningham-Burley -- The experience with hospitals. Beth Adlrer -- Psychological preparation for surgery. Marie Johnston -- Institutionalisation. Michael P. Kelly -- Coping with illness and disability -- Heart disease. Marie Johnson and Hannah M. McGree -- Social aspects of HIV/AIDs. Edwin R. van Jeijlingen -- Cancer. Marie Johnston and Hannah M. McGee -- Inflammatory bowel disease. Michael P. Kelly -- Anxiety. Pamela J. Baldwin -- Physical disability. Marie Johnson -- Learning disability. Mike Porter -- Labelling and stigma. Michael P. Kelly -- Adaptation, copiing and control. Michael P. Kelly -- Stress management. Jacqueline M. Atkinson -- Counselling. Charles Abraham -- The management ofpain. Pamela J. Baldwin -- The role of carers. Jacquline M. Atkinson -- Self-help groups. Jacqueline M. Atkinson - -Palliative care. Gail Johnson -- How do health services work? -- Organsing and funding health care. Edwin R. van Teijlingen -- Assessing needs. Edwin R. van Teijlingen -- Settling priorities and rationing. Edwin R. van Teijlingen -- Community care. Jacqueline M. Atkinson -- How do you fit into all of this? Medical students\' experience. Pameal J. Baldwin -- Being a junior doctor. Pamela J. Baldwin -- The profession of medicine. Edwin R. van Teijlingen -- Ethical issues. Kenneth Boyd.

This text integrates sociology and psychology, concentrating on the areas applicable to medicine. It covers such topics as: the life cycle; how does the person develop?; society and health; illness behaviour and the doctor-patient encounter.