Gurung, Regan A. R.

Health psychology a cultural approach Regan A.R. Gurung. - Belmont, CA Thomson Wadsworth c2006. - xxi, 487 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and indexes.

Health psychology: setting the stage -- Cultural approaches to health -- Health and human development -- Stress across cultures -- Coping and social support -- Models of behavior change -- Health behaviors: eating, physical activity, smoking, and drinking -- Factors surrounding illness -- Pain -- Chronic illness and death -- Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV -- Culture and cancer -- Culture and cardiovascular disease -- The future of health psychology.

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Transcultural medical care
Clinical health psychology

R726.7 / .G87 2006