Making Sense of Illness

The Social Psychology of Health and Disease
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8909-2
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

`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 other questions about how people make sense of illness in everyday life, either alone or with the help of others. Alan Radley reviews findings from medical sociology, health psychology and medical anthropology to demonstrate the relevance of social and psychological explanations to questions about disease and its treatment. Topics covered include: illness, the patient and society; ideas about health and staying healthy; recognizing symptoms and falling ill; and the healing relationship: patients, nurses and doctors. The author also presents a critical account of related issues - stress, health promotion and gender differences.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Radley, Alan

Radley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Explaining Health and Illness
An Introduction
Illness, the Patient and Society
Ideas about Health and Staying Healthy
Recognizing Symptoms and Falling Ill
The Healing Relationship
Doctors, Patients and Nurses
Illness and Gender
Studying Women's Health
Chronic Illness
Stress, Illness and Social Support
Promoting Health and Preventing Disease

Über Autor(innen)

Radley, Alan
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).