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Health Psychology

Process and applications

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Annabel Broome

    1. Annabel Broome Associates, Weymouth, UK

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  2. Sue Llewelyn

    1. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Health beliefs and attributions

      • Theresa M. Marteau
      Pages 3-20

    3. Stress, coping and physical health

      • Tom Cox
      Pages 21-33

    4. Placebos: their effectiveness and modes of action

      • Phil Richardson
      Pages 35-51

    5. Psychology in health and social care settings: the new opportunities

      • Bernard J. B. Kat
      Pages 53-73

    6. Improving patients’ understanding, recall, satisfaction and compliance

      • Philip Ley, Sue Llewelyn
      Pages 75-98

    7. Institutional versus client-centred care in general hospitals

      • Keith A. Nichols
      Pages 99-107

    8. Caring: the costs to nurses and families

      • Sue Llewelyn, Sheila Payne
      Pages 109-122

    9. Patients’ contributions to the consultation

      • Elizabeth J. Robinson
      Pages 123-137

  3. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Cardiac disorders

      • Bob Lewin
      Pages 141-166

    3. Dermatology

      • Peter James
      Pages 167-186

    4. Diabetes mellitus

      • Richard Shillitoe
      Pages 187-204

    5. Psychological aspects of physical disability

      • Stephen Wilkinson
      Pages 205-223

    6. Disorders of the gut

      • Paul Bennett
      Pages 225-243

    7. Elderly care medicine

      • Nicola Bradbury
      Pages 245-259

    8. Gynaecology

      • Myra Hunter
      Pages 261-282

    9. Psychological aspects of neurological illness

      • Louise Earll
      Pages 283-295

    10. Emotional factors in hearing loss

      • Simon Jakes
      Pages 297-306
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Annabel Broome Associates, Weymouth, UK

    Annabel Broome

  • University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Sue Llewelyn

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Health Psychology

  • Book Subtitle: Process and applications

  • Editors: Annabel Broome, Sue Llewelyn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3226-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-56593-226-5Published: 01 January 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3226-6Published: 12 June 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 427

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Popular Science in Psychology, Health Psychology

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