Material discourses of health and illness
edited by Lucy Yardley.
Bok Engelsk 1997 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | London ; New York : : Routledge, , 1997.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (251 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Material discourses of health and illness; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introducing material-discursive approaches to health and illness; 2 Introducing discursive methods; 3 What role does the body have in illness?; 4 Interpretative phenomenological analysis and the psychology of health and illness; 5 Social and material ecologies for hearing impairment; 6 Disorientation in the (post) modern world; 7 The relationship between representational and materialist perspectives: AIDS and 'the other'. - 8 Discourses and sexual health: providing for young people9 Discourses of pregnancy and childbirth; 10 Diet as a vehicle for self-control; 11 Speaking the decorated body; Index. - Material Discourses of Health and Illness applies discursive approaches to the field of health psychology, in stark 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 accessible and compelling introduction to social constructionist and discursive approaches to those with limited previous knowledge of socio-linguistic theory and research. It provides practical exa
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| Emner | Clinical health psychology.
Social medicine. health-environment helse sykdom kroppen helsepsykologi psykologiske aspektermiljø |
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| ISBN | 041513823X. - 0415138248
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