Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology

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Giving a clear and thought-provoking introduction to the critical issues related to health, illness and disability in clinical and health psychology, this book challenges some of the preconceptions of ill health of the biomedical approach and explores how health and illness is often shaped by factors such as culture, poverty, gender and sexuality.

subjects: Clinical health psychology,  Health Status Disparities,  Health Behavior,  Clinical Psychology,  Socioeconomic Factors,  Behavioral Medicine,  Case studies,  Psychology, clinical,  Clinical health psychology--case studies,  R726.7 .r645 2012,  2012 f-854,  Wm 105,  616.0019