Howard S. (Hrsg.) Friedman

The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology

Ebook (PDF Format)

The flaws in today's healthcare systems and practices are well-documented: millions remain far from optimal health due to a variety of psychological and social factors; large numbers of patients do not fully cooperate with medical advice; errors in medical decision-making -- some stemming from flaws in interpersonal relations -- regularly lead to needless suffering and death. Further, the effects of emotions, personality, and motivation on healing are not well incorporated into traditional medical care.The Oxford Handbook of Health Psychology compiles the most relevant scholarship from psychology, medicine, and public health to offer a thorou… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-971148-2
EAN: 9780199711482
Produktnummer: 19559797
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 7'395 KB

Über den Autor

Howard S. Friedman is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, Riverside. Major awards for his health psychology research include the Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award from the Association for Psychological Science, its most prestigious award in the field of applied scientific research. Author or editor of a dozen books and 150 scientific articles, Dr. Friedman graduated from Yale and was awarded a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship for his doctoral work at Harvard.