Health beliefs and coping with chronic diseases /

Health Beliefs and Coping with Chronic Diseases argues that a patient's faith, cultural beliefs and attitude play a critical role in his/her recovery from various chronic diseases. Based on empirical studies conducted by the author and his colleagues, it highlights the role of social, psycholog...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dalal, Ajit K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2015.
Temas:
Chronic diseases > Psychological aspects.
Chronic diseases > Alternative treatment.
Adaptability (Psychology)
Health attitudes.
Culture.
Chronic Disease > psychology
Adaptation, Psychological
Attitude to Health
Complementary Therapies > psychology
Culture
Models, Psychological
Maladies chroniques > Aspect psychologique.
Maladies chroniques > Médecines parallèles.
Adaptation (Psychologie)
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Psychologie > Méthodes de simulation.
culture note.
culture (concept)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Health attitudes
Chronic diseases > Alternative treatment
Chronic diseases > Psychological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Health beliefs and living with chronic diseases
  • Development of an attribution model of psychological recovery
  • Psychological recovery of accident victims with physical disability
  • Health beliefs and psychological adjustment to a chronic illness
  • Beliefs about the world and recovery from myocardial infarction
  • Development of a measure of psychological recovery
  • Measures of perception of hospital environment and affective reactions
  • A narrative approach to understand illness experience
  • Self-construal among healthy and chronically sick women
  • Family support and coping with chronic diseases
  • Folk wisdom and traditional healing practices : some lessons for modern psychotherapies.

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