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Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology (The Plenum Series in Culture and Health)
Pamela M Kato
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Description for Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology (The Plenum Series in Culture and Health)
Hardcover. Explores topics such as: touch therapies across the life span, the problem of pediatric pain, designing health promotion programs for Latinos, and more. Editor(s): Kato, Pamela M.; Mann, Traci. Series: The Plenum Series in Culture and Health. Num Pages: 440 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBNH9. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 802.
The field of health psychology has grown dramatically in the last decade, with exciting new developments in the study of how psychological and psychosocial processes contribute to risk for and disease sequelae for a variety of medical problems. In addition, the quality and effectiveness of many of our treatments, and health promotion and disease prevention efforts, have been significantly enhanced by the contributions of health psychologists (Taylor, 1995). Unfortunately, however, much of the theo rizing in health psychology and the empirical research that derives from it continue to reflect the mainstream bias of psychology and medicine, both of which have ... Read more
The field of health psychology has grown dramatically in the last decade, with exciting new developments in the study of how psychological and psychosocial processes contribute to risk for and disease sequelae for a variety of medical problems. In addition, the quality and effectiveness of many of our treatments, and health promotion and disease prevention efforts, have been significantly enhanced by the contributions of health psychologists (Taylor, 1995). Unfortunately, however, much of the theo rizing in health psychology and the empirical research that derives from it continue to reflect the mainstream bias of psychology and medicine, both of which have ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer New York
Condition
New
Series
The Plenum Series in Culture and Health
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306453250
SKU
V9780306453250
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99-15
Reviews for Handbook of Diversity Issues in Health Psychology (The Plenum Series in Culture and Health)
`[This book] makes a strong case for the need for more systematic research that investigates possible differences in health between and within groups along the dimensions of age, gender, social class, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation....a significant contribution.' From the Foreword by Hector F. Myers, University of California, Los Angeles ... Read more