Psychology of Medicine and Surgery

Psychology of Medicine and Surgery

A Guide for Psychologists, Counsellors, Nurses and Doctors

Salmon, Peter

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

04/2000

328

Dura

Inglês

9780471975977

0471975974

570

This book provides a strong conceptual framework which unites contemporary knowledge with clinical contexts and problems. It should be useful to clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses and therapists who are involved in patient care or in supporting and training medical staff.
About the Author. Series Preface (J. Mark, G. Williams). Preface. Part I: Applying Psychology to Health Care. Chapter 1: Psychology Knowledge: Its Relevance and Limitations. 1.1 What is psychology? 1.2 What does psychology offer clinicians? 1.3 Using psychological evidence. 1.4 Elements of a psychological framework. Chapter 2: Theories, Models and Objectives in Health Care. 2.1 Do 'isms' matter to clinical practice? 2.2 Biomedical dualism. 2.3 Holism. 2.4 Consumerism. 2.5 Conclusion. Part II: becoming Ill and Being ILL. Chapter 3: Challenge, Stress and Coping. 3.1 Stress. 3.2 Appraisal. 3.3 Coping. 3.4 Social integration and emotional support. 3.5 Conclusion: helping patients to manage stress. Chapter 4: Psychobiology of Disease Processes: Heart Disease and Cancer. 4.1 Why does psychobiology matter to clinicians? 4.2 Psychobiological processes in heart disease. 4.3 Psychological processes in cancer. 4.4 Psychobiology in other disease conditions. 4.5 Conclusion. Chapter 5: Psychology of Physical Symptoms. 5.1 The fallibility of perception. 5.2 Attention to bodily sensations. 5.3 Making sense of bodily sensations: attribution and misattribution. 5.4 Perceiving pain. 5.5 Psychological causes of physical symptoms. 5.6 From symptom to consultation. 5.7 Conclusion. Chapter 6: The Patient?s Agenda: Beliefs and Intentions. 6.1 What do patients believe about their symptoms? 6.2 What do patients seek by consultation? 6.3 Conclusion. Chapter 7: The Psychological Impact of Physical Illness. 7.1 The challenges of illness. 7.2 Emotional reactions to the challenges of illness. 7.3 Coping with the challenges of illness. 7.4 The social network. 7.5 Cognitive reactions to illness. 7.6 Conclusion. Chapter 8: Chronic Illness, Dying and Bereavement: Stages and Cycles of Adaptation. 8.1 The coping process. 8.2 Chronic illness. 8.3 Dying. 8.4 Bereavement. 8.5 Conclusion. Part III: Treatment. Chapter 9: Clinicians? Decisions and Patients? Adherence. 9.1 Aims of clinical communication. 9.2 Making expert decisions. 9.3 Patients? adherence. Chapter 10: Clinical Communication: Partnership and Opposition. 10.1 Beyond expert consultation. 10.2 Establishing partnerships with patients. 10.3 Managing opposition and conflict. 10.4 Conclusion. Chapter 11: Patient Empowerment: Information, Choice and Control. 11.1 Cultural fashions and scientific research. 11.2 Information and explanation. 11.3 Patient participation: choice, control and involvement. 11.4 Beyond cognitive and participation needs: dignity and safety. 11.5 Conclusion. Chapter 12: Hospitalization and Surgery. 12.1 Challenges for the inpatient. 12.2 The loss of autonomy. 12.3 Isolation and support. 12.4 The needs of surgical convalescence. 12.5 Meeting inpatients? psychological needs. 12.6 Conclusion. Chapter 13: Psychological Treatment of Unexplained Physical Symptoms. 13.1 The problem of unexplained symptoms. 13.2 Engaging the patient. 13.3 Changing the patient?s agenda. 13.4 Cognitive therapy: meeting patients? needs to understand. 13.5 When the clinician is part of the problem. 13.6 Conclusion. Chapter 14: Psychological Treatment of Physical Disease. 14.1 Psychological treatment for physical disease. 14.2 Stress management for heart disease. 14.3 Psychological treatment for cancer. 14.4 Conclusion: counselling and dualism. Chapter 15: Using Patients? Perspective to Evaluate Care. 15.1 Principles of subjective measurement. 15.2 Evaluating subjective outcomes. 15.3 Evaluating the process of care. 15.4 Conclusion. References. Index.
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