Health psychology
Subtitle: a cultural approach
By: Regan A.R. Gurung.
Publisher: Thomson Wadsworth
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Belmont, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
Subjects: Clinical health psychology.; Transcultural medical care.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health psychology: setting the stage; title: Cultural approaches to health; title: Health and human development; 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 and death; title: Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV; title: Culture and cancer; title: Culture and cardiovascular disease; title: The future of health psychology.