Overview

This work provides an introduction to key theoretical and methodological issues in developing a critical health psychology. It considers alternatives to the positivist assumptions underlying traditional health psychology, and proposes a reconstructed discipline that on the one hand delves into the experience of health and illness, and on the other engages with the social and political aspects of the subject. Containing carefully edited contributions from key thinkers in the field, it provides a coherent critique of mainstream health psychology.

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Author:   Michael Murray (Professor of Social and Health Psychology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.532kg
ISBN:  

9780333990339

ISBN 10:   0333990331
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 February 2004
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Criticising Health Psychology; M.Murray PART ONE: THEORY AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: A Critical Historical Analysis of Health Psychology; H.J.Stam Suffering; A.Radley Health and Illness: A Hermeneutical Phenomenological Approach; R.Kugelmann PART TWO: CONTEXT OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Rights to Health, Freedom from Illness: A Life and Death Matter; D.F.Marks Feminist Contributions to Critical Health Psychology; S.Wilkinson Culture, Empowerment & Health; M.MacLachlan PART THREE: RESEARCH METHODS AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Qualitative Research, Reflexitivity and Context; K.Chamberlain Qualitative Research as Social Transformation; U.Flick Discourse Analysis and Health Psychology; C.Willig PART FOUR: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE Challenging Narratives and Social Representations of Health, Illness and Injury; M.Murray Using Participatory Action Research to Address Community Health Issues; M.Brydon-Miller Health Psychology and Community Action; C.Campbell Endpiece: Towards a Critical Health Psychology; M.Murray References Index

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MICHAEL MURRAY is Professor of Social and Health Psychology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Associate Editor for the Journal of Health Psychology, he has also edited a book on Qualitative Health Psychology, and co-authored Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice. In 1999 he convened the First International Conference on Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Health Psychology, and is co-ordinator for the Critical Health Psychology Network.

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