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Taylor, Shelley E.

Health Psychology - 7th ed. - Boston: McGraw Hill, 2009. - xvi, 552 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

PART ONE - INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
1 -What Is Health Psychology?
2 - The Systems of the Body
PART TWO - HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND PRIMARY PREVENTION
3 - Health Behaviors
4 - Specific Health Related Behaviors
5 - Health-Compromising Behaviors: Alcoholism and Smoking
PART THREE - STRESS AND COPING
6 - Stress
7 - Moderators of the Stress Experience
PART FOUR - THE PATIENT IN THE TREATMENT SETTING
8 - Using Health Services
9 - Patient-Provider Relations
10 - The Management of Pain and Discomfort
PART FIVE - MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC AND TERMINAL ILLNESS
11 - Management of Chronic Illness
12 - Psychological Issues in Advancing and Terminal Illness
13 - Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke, and Diabetes
14 - Psychoneuroimmunology, AIDS, Cancer, and Arthritis
PART SIX - TOWARD THE FUTURE
15 - Health Psychology: Challenges for the Future
GLOSSARY REFERENCES

ISBN: 9780073382722

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Clinical health psychology
Health attitudes
Sick--Psychology
Medicine and psychology

Dewey Class. No.: 616.0019 / TAY/H