Making Sense of Illness: The Social Psychology of Health and Disease`This book is a "must read" for all students of health psychology, and will be of considerable interest and value to others interested in the field. The discipline has not involved itself with the central issues of this book so far, but Radley has now brought this material together in an accessible way, offering important new perspectives, and directions for the discipline. This book goes a long way towards making sense for, and of, health psychology' - Journal of Health Psychology What are people's beliefs about health? What do they do when they feel ill? Why do they go to the doctor? How do they live with chronic disease? This introduction to the social psychology of health and illness addresses these and ot |
Contents
Illness the Patient and Society | 19 |
Ideas about Health and Staying Healthy | 36 |
Recognizing Symptoms and Falling Ill | 61 |
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Making Sense of Illness: The Social Psychology of Health and Disease Alan Radley Limited preview - 1994 |
Making Sense of Illness: The Social Psychology of Health and Disease Alan Radley No preview available - 1994 |
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