Coping and complaining : attachment and the language of dis-ease /

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This book provides essential guidance for clinicians on how to identify various coping styles, and how to improve the quality of discourse with people of different backgrounds and ages.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilkinson, Simon R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hove ; New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2003.
Subjects:
Clinical health psychology.
Sick > Psychology.
Adjustment (Psychology)
Attachment behavior.
Health attitudes.
Physician and patient.
Sick Role
Emotional Adjustment
Attitude to Health
Object Attachment
Physician-Patient Relations
Santé > Psychologie clinique.
Malades > Psychologie.
Ajustement (Psychologie)
Attachement.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
Relations médecin-patient.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
Physician and patient
Health attitudes
Attachment behavior
Clinical health psychology
Sick > Psychology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'I'm ill; you're sick'
  • 2. Genes, brain and the internal milieu: Our limits and resources
  • 3. Learning and memory: A basis for understanding development and change in the face of threat and danger
  • 4. The ideal patient: The 'balanced' type B attachment strategies
  • 5. 'I'm OK; don't worry about me. 'The dismissing' type A attachment strategies
  • 6. 'My pain is really terrible. What are you going to do about it?': The 'preoccupied' type C attachment strategies, and other classifications
  • 7. Ambiguous symptoms and the attachment strategies of health professionals
  • 8. Goal-corrected partnerships for health.

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