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Psychosocial effects of screening for disease prevention and detection / edited by Robert T. Croyle.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical screening--Psychological aspects.
- Medical screening.
- Medical screening--Social aspects.
- Health risk communication--Psychological aspects.
- Health risk communication.
- Health risk communication--Social aspects.
- Stress, Psychological.
- Diagnosis.
- Risk Factors.
- Anxiety--etiology.
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
- Medical Subjects:
- Stress, Psychological.
- Diagnosis.
- Risk Factors.
- Anxiety--etiology.
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As screening programmes for HIV, gene abnormalities and other risk factors continue to proliferate, questions are being raised about the impact of these programmes on the emotions and behaviour of participants. This text explores the psychosocial consequences of risk factor testing.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; 1. Introduction; I: What Do We Know about the Impact of Screening?; 2. Psychological Impact of Genetic Testing; 3. Psychosocial Impact of Cholesterol Screening and Management; 4. Psychosocial Impact of Cancer Screening; 5. Changes in Psychological Distress and HIV Risk-Associated Behavior: Consequences of HIV Antibody Testing?; 6. The Psychosocial and Behavioral Impact of Health Risk Appraisals; 7. Understanding the Impact of Risk Factor Test Results: Insights from a Basic Research Program; II: Where Do We Go from Here?
- 8. Toward an Understanding of the Psychological Consequences of Screening9. Screening for Disease Detection and Prevention: Some Comments and Future Perspectives; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1995.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773665-3
- 1-280-52621-1
- 9786610526215
- 0-19-536052-4
- 1-4294-0639-9
- OCLC:
- 476011264
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