Advances in health psychology : critical approaches / edited by Christine Horrocks and Sally Johnson.

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Book
Language
English
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Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan ; New York, NY : distributed by St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Description
xi, 230 p. ; 24 cm.

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    Summary note
    Building on the strengths of critical health psychology, this edited volume for undergraduate and postgraduate students offers cutting edge coverage of current thinking in the field. With a focus on contemporary issues, academics and practitioners consider how the movement can continue to contribute to social and political chang.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Contents
    • Working with the tensions between critique and action in critical health psychology / Sally Johnson
    • Critical health psychology and the scholar-activist tradition / Michael Murray
    • Changing behaviour : can critical psychology influence policy and practice? / Wendy Stainton Rogers
    • Social class, socioeconomic status, and health-risk behaviours : a critical analysis / Katy Day
    • Men's health : thinking about gender mainstreaming and gender sensitive services / Christine Horrocks
    • Working without sacrifice : discourse, femininity, and occupational risk / Bridgette Rickett
    • The emancipatory potential of critical approaches to promoting sexual health : exploring the possibilities for action / Kate Milnes
    • Taking the lead : authority and power in the National Health Service / Paula Nicolson ... [et al.]
    • Re-visiting Pandora's box : primary healthcare directive and participatory practices with women experiencing domestic violence / Victoria Lavis and Christine Horrocks
    • Feminist health psychology and abortion : towards a politics of transversal relations of commonality / Catriona MacLeod
    • Discursive psychology and its potential to make a difference / Bregje de Kok
    • I forget my problems, the problems are in the soil : encountering nature in allotment gardening / Nigel King
    • Being creative around health : participative methodologies in critical community psychology / Rebecca Lawthom ... [et al.].
    ISBN
    9780230275386
    LCCN
    ^^2012023026
    OCLC
    747533326
    RCP
    H - S
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