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| About the book |
'This fourth edition incorporates a number of substantive new topics, including a new chapter on women's health, as well as opportunities for the reader to critically examine key conceptual and methodological issues within each chapter. It remains clearly written and highly accessible and still deserves its place as the number one choice of health psychology textbook.' ' John Weinman, King's College, London The market leading textbook in the field, Health Psychology by Jane Ogden is essential reading for all students and researchers of health psychology. It will also be invaluable to students of medicine, nursing and allied health. Retaining the breadth of coverage, clarity and relevance that has made it a favourite with students and lecturers, this fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated. New Features:
The OLC hosts web links and multiple choice questions for students, plus supporting teaching resources including teaching tips and PowerPoint presentations for lecturers. Interested in accessing more research readings? Essential Readings in Health Psychology by Jane Ogden is a new collection of key papers brought together for the first time in one volume which complements Health Psychology: A Textbook 4/e and offers more detailed accounts of the issues covered in this text. |
| About the authors |
Jane Ogden is Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Surrey, UK. Her research interests include eating behaviours, obesity, health communication and women's health. |
| Table of contents |
Detailed table of contents List of figures and tables Preface to the third edition Guided tour Technology to enhance learning and teaching Acknowledgements An introduction to health psychology Health beliefs Illness cognitions Doctor'patient communication and the role of health professionals' health beliefs Smoking and alcohol use Eating behaviour Exercise Sex Screening Stress Stress and illness Pain Placebos and the interrelationship between beliefs, behaviour and health HIV and cancer: psychology throughout the course of illness (1) Obesity and coronary heart disease: psychology throughout the course of illness (2) Women's health issues Measuring health status: from mortality rates to quality of life The assumptions of health psychology Methodology glossary References Index |
