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Interdisciplinary research : case studies from health and social science / edited by Frank Kessel, Patricia L. Rosenfield, Norman B. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Research.
- Medicine.
- Social sciences--Research.
- Social sciences.
- Interdisciplinary research.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (509 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Interdisciplinary research can pose a range of challenges to researchers in health and social science. This volume presents a series of case studies of successful interdisciplinary research programmes, which provide a variety of models of how best to undertake interdisciplinary research on health and human development.
- Contents:
- A contemporary perspective on multilevel analyses and social neuroscience : postscript / Gary G. Berntson and John T. Cacioppo
- Risk of hypertensive heart disease : the joint influence of genetic and behavioral factors : postscript / Kathleen C. Light, Susan S. Girdler, and Alan L. Hinderliter
- Status, stress, and heart disease : a monkey's tale : postscript / Jay R. Kaplan and Stephen B. Manuck
- Affective neuroscience : a case for interdisciplinary research : postscript / Ricahrd J. Davidson
- Visual mental imagery : a case study in interdisciplinary research : postscript / S. M. Kosslyn
- Plasticity and health : social influences on gene expression and neural development : postscript / Michael J. Meaney
- Thriving in the face of challenge : the integrative science of human resilience : postscript / Carol D. Ryff and Burton Singer
- Integrating psychosocial factors with biology : the role of protective factors in trajectories of health and aging : postscript / Teresa E. Seeman
- Religion, spirituality, and health : the Duke experience : postscript / Linda K. George
- Social resources and health : postscript / Michael Marmot
- A journey through the interdisciplinary landscape of biodemography : postscript / S. Jay Olshansky and Bruce A. Carnes
- Learning to cope with HIV/AIDS : postscript / Neil Schneiderman and Michael Antoni
- The evolution of HIV prevention in San Francisco : a multidisciplinary model : postscript / Margaret A. Chesney and Thomas J. Coates
- Closing commentary : fostering interdisciplinary research : the way forward / Patricia L. Rosenfield and Frank Kessel.
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Expanding the boundaries of health and social science. 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029590-2
- 9786611851811
- 1-281-85181-7
- 0-19-804354-6
- OCLC:
- 227005293
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