Health psychology in global perspective

What do we know about health in other countries? How can we use explanations from health psychology to understand health issues around the world? This volume uses health psychology to compare health issues faced by people in developing and developed countries. Taking a broad social science perspe...

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Main Author: Aboud, Frances E. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE c1998.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Cross-cultural psychology series ; v. 2.
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Summary:What do we know about health in other countries? How can we use explanations from health psychology to understand health issues around the world? This volume uses health psychology to compare health issues faced by people in developing and developed countries. Taking a broad social science perspective, Frances E Aboud brings mainstream health psychology concepts to bear on the problems of international health. She also: integrates findings from psychology with literature from other disciplines such as epidemiology, education, anthropology and nursing; and brings cross-cultural iss
Item Description:Description based upon print version of record.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 329 p.) : ill
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781322420752
9781483345499
9781452250649