Psychology and sociology applied to medicine
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Psychology and sociology applied to medicine
(An illustrated colour text)
Churchill Livingstone, 2004
2nd ed
Available at 6 libraries
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
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  United Kingdom
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-174) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An integrated textbook of sociology and psychology for medical students which makes the maximum possible use of colour and illustration.
Table of Contents
THE LIFE CYCLE Pregnancy and childbirth . Reproductive issues . Development in early infancy . Childhood and child health . Adolescence . Adulthood and mid age . Aging . Bereavement. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERSON What is personality? . Understanding learning . Perception . Memory and forgetting . Development of sexuality . Intelligence . Development of thinking. SOCIETY AND HEALTH Understanding groups .Concepts of health, illness and disease . Measuring health and illness . Changing patterns of health and illness . Social class and health . Gender and health . Ethnicity and health . Quality of life . Media and health . Aging, society and health . Housing, homeless and health . Work and health .Unemployment and health . Labeling and stigma. PREVENTING ILLNESS AND PROMOTING HEALTH What is prevention? . Medical screening . The social implications of the new genetics . Changing individual behaviour . The social context of behavioural change . Health promotion in medical practice . Illegal drugs . Alcohol problems . Smoking . Eating and its effect . Perceptions of risk and risk-taking behaviour. ILLNESS BEHAVIOUR AND DOCTOR-PATIENT ENCOUNTER Deciding to consult . Seeing the doctor . Placebo . Patient adherence . Communication skills . Breaking bad news . Self care and alternative treatment . The experience with hospitals . Psychological preparation for surgery. ILLNESS AND DISABILITY Heart disease . Social aspects of HIV/AIDS . Cancer . Anxiety . Depression . Inflammatory bowel disease . Physical disability . Learning disability . Post traumatic stress disorder . Diabetes . Stress and health . Respiratory . Death and dying. COPING WITH ILLNESS AND DISABILITY Counselling . Adaptation, coping and control . Stress management . Cognitive-behaviour therapy . Role of carers . Self-help groups . Palliative care . Complementary therapies . Management of pain . Health beliefs and health behaviour. HOW DO HEALTH SERVICES WORK? Organising and funding health care . Assessing needs . Setting priorities and rationing . Community care. HOW DO YOU FIT INTO ALL THIS? Medical students' experience . Being a junior doctor . The profession of medicine.
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