Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals
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Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals will appeal to the undergraduate nursing and health science student seeking to understand patient responses and behaviours to various diagnoses, interventions and health outcomes. Written by Patricia Barkway and Deb O'Kane, the text is divided into two sections. The first introduces essential concepts and theories of psychology in the context of human development across the lifespan. The second focuses on applying these concepts and theories to healthcare issues and practice.
Table of Contents
- 1. Psychology: An Introduction
2. Research Informed Practice
3. Lifespan: The early years (birth to adolescence)
4. Lifespan: Middle and later years (adulthood to ageing)
5. Health and health psychology
6. The Social Context of behaviour
7. Behaviour change
8. Communication in healthcare practice
9. Stress and coping
10. Loss
11. Pain
12. Partnerships in health
13. Health promotion
14. Psychology in Practice
Product details
- No. of pages: 458
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2019
- Published: July 24, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780729542968
About the Authors
Patricia Barkway
Affiliations and Expertise
Senior Lecturer (Academic Status), College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
Deb O'Kane
Affiliations and Expertise
Lecturer, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia
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