Health Psychology - Softcover

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One Processes.- 1 Health beliefs and attributions.- 2 Stress and health.- 3 Placebos: their effectiveness and modes of action.- 4 The sick role and related concepts.- 5 Improving patients' understanding, recall, satisfaction and compliance.- 6 Institutional versus client-centred care in general hospitals.- 7 Caring: The costs to nurses and relatives.- 8 Patients' contributions to the consultation.- Two Applications.- 9 Cardiac disorders.- 10 Dermatology.- 11 Diabetes mellitus.- 12 Psychological aspects of physical disability.- 13 Gastroenterology.- 14 General practice: The contribution of clinical psychology.- 15 Geriatric medicine.- 16 Gynaecology.- 17 Psychological aspects of neurological illness.- 18 Emotional factors in hearing loss.- 19 Obstetrics.- 20 Paediatrics and childhood cancer.- 21 Chronic pain.- 22 Renal care.- 23 Surgery.- 24 Terminal care: using psychological skills with the terminally ill.

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