Psychology of medicine and surgery : a guide for psychologists, counsellors, nurses, and doctors / Peter Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salmon, Peter, 1955-

Series:

Wiley series in clinical psychology

The Wiley series in clinical psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine and psychology.

Clinical health psychology.

Psychology, Medical.

Disease--psychology.

Patients--psychology.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Medical.

Disease--psychology.

Patients--psychology.

Physical Description:

xv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; New York : J. Wiley, [2000]

Summary:

Students and professionals in clinical health psychology, health care and medicine should read this book for an accessible, authoritative account of how psychological knowledge can help them, why people feel and behave as they do, and which medical situations can be enlightened and facilitated by the integration of psychological principles into therapeutic practice. This book appears in The Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology Series Editor: J. Mark G. Williams University of Wales, Bangor, UK

Contents:

Part I Applying Psychology to Health Care

Chapter 1 Psychology Knowledge: Its Relevance and Limitations 3

1.1 What is psychology? 3

1.2 What does psychology offer clinicians? 3

1.3 Using psychological evidence 4

1.4 Elements of a psychological framework 10

Chapter 2 Theories, Models and Objectives in Health Care 14

2.1 Do 'isms' matter to clinical practice? 14

2.2 Biomedical dualism 16

2.3 Holism 18

2.4 Consumerism 19

Part II Becoming Ill and Being Ill

Chapter 3 Challenge, Stress and Coping 27

3.1 Stress 27

3.2 Appraisal 31

3.3 Coping 33

3.4 Social integration and emotional support 36

3.5 Conclusion: helping patients to manage stress 42

Chapter 4 Psychobiology of Disease Processes: Heart Disease and Cancer 45

4.1 Why does psychobiology matter to clinicians? 45

4.2 Psychobiological processes in heart disease 46

4.3 Psychological processes in cancer 50

4.4 Psychobiology in other disease conditions 55

Chapter 5 Psychology of Physical Symptoms 58

5.1 The fallibility of perception 58

5.2 Attention to bodily sensations 59

5.3 Making sense of bodily sensations: attribution and misattribution 60

5.4 Perceiving pain 62

5.5 Psychological causes of physical symptoms 65

5.6 From symptom to consultation 73

Chapter 6 The Patient's Agenda: Beliefs and Intentions 79

6.1 What do patients believe about their symptoms? 79

6.2 What do patients seek by consultation? 90

Chapter 7 The Psychological Impact of Physical Illness 96

7.1 The challenges of illness 96

7.2 Emotional reactions to the challenges of illness 100

7.3 Coping with the challenges of illness 107

7.4 The social network 111

7.5 Cognitive reactions to illness 114

Chapter 8 Chronic Illness, Dying and Bereavement: Stages and Cycles of Adaptation 119

8.1 The coping process 119

8.2 Chronic illness 120

8.3 Dying 128

8.4 Bereavement 131

Part III Treatment

Chapter 9 Clinicians' Decisions and Patients' Adherence 137

9.1 Aims of clinical communication 137

9.2 Making expert decisions 137

9.3 Patients' adherence 143

Chapter 10 Clinical Communication: Partnership and Opposition 154

10.1 Beyond expert consultation 154

10.2 Establishing partnerships with patients 154

10.3 Managing opposition and conflict 165

Chapter 11 Patient Empowerment: Information, Choice and Control 172

11.1 Cultural fashions and scientific research 172

11.2 Information and explanation 172

11.3 Patient participation: choice, control and involvement 183

11.4 Beyond cognitive and participation needs: dignity and safety 194

Chapter 12 Hospitalization and Surgery 199

12.1 Challenges for the inpatient 199

12.2 The loss of autonomy 201

12.3 Isolation and support 205

12.4 The needs of surgical convalescence 208

12.5 Meeting inpatients' psychological needs 210

Chapter 13 Psychological Treatment of Unexplained Physical Symptoms 222

13.1 The problem of unexplained symptoms 222

13.2 Engaging the patient 225

13.3 Changing the patient's agenda 229

13.4 Cognitive therapy: meeting patients' needs to understand 234

13.5 When the clinician is part of the problem 240

Chapter 14 Psychological Treatment of Physical Disease 242

14.1 Psychological treatment for physical disease 242

14.2 Stress management for heart disease 242

14.3 Psychological treatment for cancer 248

14.4 Conclusion: counselling and dualism 256

Chapter 15 Using Patients' Perspective to Evaluate Care 258

15.1 Principles of subjective measurement 259

15.2 Evaluating subjective outcomes 263

15.3 Evaluating the process of care 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0471975974

0471852147

OCLC:

42925607