Health psychology
Subtitle: a cultural approach
By: Regan A.R. Gurung.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 518
ISBN-13: 9780495600794
Subjects: Clinical health psychology; Transcultural medical care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-486) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Health psychology: setting the stage; title: Cultural approaches to health; title: Essential physiology; title: Stress across cultures; title: Coping and social support; title: Models of behavior change; title: Health behaviors: eating, physical activity, smoking, and drinking; title: Factors surrounding illness; title: Pain; title: Chronic illness, terminal illness, and death; title: Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV; title: Culture and cancer; title: Culture and cardiovascular disease; title: The future of health psychology.