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Dying Processby Julia Lawton
Routledge 2000; US$ 51.95Taking as its focus a highly emotive area of study, The Dying Process draws on the experiences of day care and hospice patients to provide a forceful new analysis of the period of decline prior to death. more...
Psychology of Healthby Marian Pitts; Keith Phillips
Routledge 1998; US$ 42.50Completely revised and updated second edition of this classic text which contains additional chapters on cancer, nutrition and exercise, social drugs and the impact of social inequalities upon health. more...
Essential Psychology for Nurses and Other Healthby Graham Russell
Routledge 1998; US$ 39.95This book is an introductory psychology text for students of nursing and health care. Each section includes learning outcomes, chapter summaries, illustrative scenarios, self-test questions and a guide to further reading. more...
Handbook of Clinical Health Psychologyby Susan Llewelyn; Paul Kennedy
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2003; US$ 250.00The Handbook of Clinical Health Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the practice of clinical health psychology. It is primarily a well-referenced but practical resource, which provides an authoritative, up-to-date guide to empirically validated psychological interventions in health care. Each contributor provides a conceptual synthesis of the area, and how key models are related to formulation, service delivery and research. The book also considers contextual issues and the importance of topics such as ageism and power, which may have an impact on how health psychology is delivered by practitioners, and experienced by recipients of services. It also seeks to provide a summary of evidence concerning crucial aspects in the delivery... more...
Psychology of Preventive Healthby Marian Pitts
Routledge 1996; US$ 32.50In the context of increased social and political awareness Marian Pitts gives an overview of current health research and examines the evidence that preventive health can be effective in fighting disease. more...
Emotional Expression and Healthby Nyklí; Ivan cek; Lydia Temoshok; Ad Vingerhoets
Brunner-Routledge 2004; US$ 69.95Emotional Expression and Health covers the major themes that are important for gaining insight into the role emotional expression and inhibition may play in staying healthy or falling ill. more...
Coping and Complainingby Simon R. Wilkinson
Brunner-Routledge 2003; US$ 37.50This book provides essential guidance for clinicians on how to identify various coping styles, and how to improve the quality of discourse with people of different backgrounds and ages. more...
ABC of Psychological Medicineby Richard Mayou; Michael Sharpe; Alan Carson
Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2003; US$ 39.95This book provides both the evidence and the guidance to enable doctors to improve their assessment and management of the psychological and behavioural aspects of the most common problems presenting in general medical care. It summarises the recent research evidence and provides common sense guidance on how psychological and psychiatric aspects of illness can be addressed within the medical consultation. more...
Meaning, Medicine and the 'Placebo Effect'by Daniel E. Moerman; Alan Harwood
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 26.00Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is attributed to specific elements, such as drugs, but many things in medicine cannot be accounted for in this way. For example, inert drugs (placebos) often have dramatic effects on people. Daniel Moerman guides the reader expertly through a very complex body of literature. more...
Staying in Chargeby Karen Orloff Kaplan; Christopher Lukas
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 14.95Practical, emotional, and spiritual guidance The time may come when you or a loved one has to face a life-threatening illness; when you realize that you or your loved one may be dying. It's never easy to think about the last years of life, but being prepared can help you have your hopes and wishes realized. By taking the time now to plan for the future, you can maintain control of your life even at the very end. Staying in Charge is a supportive guide to opening up the lines of communication and making life more fulfilling from the first day of diagnosis of a serious illness. This reassuring handbook helps you to focus on important matters such as: * Handling a living will or a do-not-resuscitate order * Deciding upon medical power of attorney... more...