Overview

This study applies discursive approaches to the field of health psychology, in contrast to the bio-medical model of health and illness. The discursive approach uses the person's experience and feelings as the central focus of interest, whereas the more traditional models regarded these as coincidental and relatively unimportant. The book provides an introduction to social constructionist and discursive approaches to those with limited previous knowledge of socio-linguistic theory and research. It provides practical examples of how these approaches can be applied to the field of health psychology with a collection of discursive analyses which demonstrate the distinctive contribution that can be made by psychologists to a field that has been largely dominated by sociologists and anthropologists.

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9780415138246

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"""We need this book...The Well Written introductory chapters which clearly and succinctly summarise a range of ideas, and the carefully explained and presented examples of empirical work, would provide a good basis for learning and ongoing disucssion. This book would make an excellent text which is focussed on an important topic in contemporary health psychology."" - Christine Stephens, Massey University ""We need this book...The Well Written introductory chapters which clearly and succinctly summarise a range of ideas, and the carefully explained and presented examples of empirical work, would provide a good basis for learning and ongoing disucssion. This book would make an excellent text which is focussed on an important topic in contemporary health psychology."" - Christine Stephens, Massey University"

We need this book...The Well Written introductory chapters which clearly and succinctly summarise a range of ideas, and the carefully explained and presented examples of empirical work, would provide a good basis for learning and ongoing disucssion. This book would make an excellent text which is focussed on an important topic in contemporary health psychology. <br>- Christine Stephens, Massey University <br>

Author Information

Lucy Yardley is Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University College London, and author of Vertigo and Dizziness (Routledge, 1994).

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