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Third Edition
By
Beth Alder, BSc, PhD, CPsychol, FBPsS, Emeritus Professor, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
Charles Abraham, BA, DPhil, CPsychol, FBPsS, Professor of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Edwin van Teijlingen, MA, MEd, PhD, Reader in Public Health, Dugald Baird Centre for Research on Women's Health, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
Michael Porter, BA, MPhil, Senior Lecturer, General Practice Section, Division of Community Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK
Included in series
Illustrated Colour Text,
Description
This textbook in the Illustrated Colour Text series offers an integrated treatment of sociology and psychology for medical students. It
is presented in a much more colourful and graphic format than is usual for books on these two subjects. This integration reflects the
tendency to teach these two subjects together as ?behavioural science?, with an increased stress on the place of medicine in society,
and on illness as a product of psychological and social circumstances rather than merely a biological phenomenon. The book reflects these
trends and has been successful and popular with students.
Audience
Medical students and students of other professions allied to medicine
Contents
The life cycle
The biopsychosocial model. Pregnancy and childbirth. Reproductive issues. Development in early
infancy. Childhood and child health. Adolescence. Adulthood and middle age. Social aspects of ageing. Bereavement.
Development
of the person
Personality and health. Understanding learning. Perception. Emotions. Memory problems. How does sexuality
develop? 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. Housing, homelessness and health. Work and health. Unemployment and health.
Labelling and stigma.
Preventing illness and promoting health
Perceptions of risk and risk-taking behaviours.
What is prevention? What are the objectives of health promotion? Health screening. The social implications of the new genetics. Health
beliefs, motivation and behaviour. Changing cognitions and behaviour. Helping people act on their intentions. The social context of behavioural
change. Illegal drug use. Alcohol use. Smoking, tobacco control and doctors. Eating, body shape and health.
Illness behaviour
and the doctor-patient encounter
Deciding to consult. Seeing the doctor. Placebo and nocebo effects. Patient adherence.
Communication skills. Breaking bad news. Self-care and the popular sector. The experience of hospitals. Psychological preparation for
surgery.
Illness and disability
Heart disease. HIV/AIDS. Cancer. Anxiety. Depression. Inflammatory bowel
disease. Physical disability. Learning disability. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Diabetes mellitus. Stress and health. Asthma and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. Death and dying.
Coping with illness and disability
What counselling is.
How counselling works. Adaptation, coping and control. Cognitive-behavioural therapy. Role of carers. Self-help groups. Palliative care.
Complementary therapies. The Management of pain.
How do health services work?
Organizing and funding health
care. Assessing needs. Setting priorities and rationing. Community care. Health: a global perspective. Health: a rural perspective.
How
do you fit into all this
Medical students' experience. Life as a trainee doctor. The profession of medicine.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 192 pages, publication date: APR-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-06787-7
ISBN-10: 0-443-06787-2
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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