Synopses & Reviews
Providing students with a stimulating alternative to the textbooks currently available, this text places the discipline within the context of the social world and encourages them to question some of the assumptions and values underlying much current research. A comprehensive survey of the discipline is provided, framed within a lifespan approach, and emphasizing social-cultural factors such as gender, ethnicity and social-economic status. The book will be an invaluable resource for students of health psychology across a range of disciplines including psychology, anthropology and health studies.
Synopsis
Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction aims to provide students with a stimulating alternative to current textbooks, placing the discipline within the context of the social world and providing a critical focus on traditional research. This book will be invaluable for students of health psychology across a range of disciplines.
Synopsis
Health Psychology: A Critical Introduction will be an invaluable resource for students of health psychology.
About the Author
Antonia Lyons is Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, Massey University. She was a founding member of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology and has published numerous articles and book chapters in this field.Kerry Chamberlain is Professor of Health Psychology at Massey University. He has published widely in international journals on health and research methods and authored several book chapters. He is co-editor of Qualitative Health Psychology and Exploring Existential Meaning.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Locating the field: introducing health psychology; 2. Thinking about health and the body; 3. Choosing lifestyles; 4. Controlling the body; 5. Becoming ill; 6. Comprehending bodily experience; 7. Interacting with health professionals; 8. Treating illness; 9. Being ill; 10. Dying; 11. Relocating the field: critical health psychology; Glossary; References; Author index; Subject index.