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Rohleder, Poul.

Critical issues in clinical and health psychology / Poul Rohleder. - London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2012. - iv, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [200]-220) and index.

Introduction: Critical issues in clinical and health psychology
Psychosocial and critical models of health, illness and disability
Understanding and changing health behaviours
Culture
Socio-economic status
Gender
Sexuality
Research methods for a critical approach to clinial and health psychology.

This is a student-friendly, engaging textbook that covers all the main topics in health from a critical perspective. Each main topic is covered in-depth with its own chapter, and issues relating to disability as well as research methods are integrated throughout the book.

ISBN: 9781849207614 (hbk.) 1849207615 (hbk.) 9781849207621 (pbk.) 1849207623 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Clinical health psychology.
Clinical health psychology
Psychology, Clinical.
Behavioral Medicine.
Health Behavior.
Health Status Disparities.
Socioeconomic Factors.
Clinical health psychology.--Case studies.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Case studies.

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89 / ROH

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2012 F-854 WM 105 WM 105 / R738c 2012