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Making Sense of Illness: The Social Psychology of Health and Disease - Couverture souple

Radley, Alan

 
9780803989092: Making Sense of Illness: The Social Psychology of Health and Disease
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0803989091 ISBN 13 : 9780803989092
Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

`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

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À propos de l'auteur

Alan Radley is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology in the Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University. He is the author of several books, including Prospects of Heart Surgery (1988) and In Social Relationships (1991). He is also editor of Worlds of Illness (1993) and co-author of Ideological Dilemmas (1988).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

`A comprehensive overview of the way bodily experiences of health and disease in everyday life are given meaning in a society dominated by the biomedical model of well-being... [Radley] draws on studies from a variety of disciplines including medical sociology, health psychology and medical anthropology. By addressing the issues in this way, he clarifies how the kind of research methodology adopted reveals different kinds of truths... the book provides a valuable and critical introduction to the social and psychological consideration of health and illness. Furthermore, given the increasing interest in user perspectives in health care provision, it will be useful reading for all those interested in health promotion and how ideas of health and illness are constructed' - Social Sciences in Health

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Éditeur
SAGE Publications Ltd
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803989091
ISBN 13 
9780803989092
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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