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Making sense of illness : the social psychology of health and disease / Alan Radley. [electronic resource]

By: Publisher: London : SAGE publications, 1994Description: 1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781446265185 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 610'.019 23
LOC classification:
  • RA776.9 .R33 1994
NLM classification:
  • W 85
Online resources: Summary: 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.
List(s) this item appears in: Kortext Psychological Professions Collection
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E-book Bridgewater Community NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Countess of Chester NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book East Cheshire NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Chorley Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Preston Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Library - Royal Liverpool Link to resource Not for loan
E-book Liverpool Women’s NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
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E-book Mid Cheshire NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan
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E-book Wirral NHS Library Link to resource Not for loan

Also issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

Specialized.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2024).