Michael Murray / Kerry Chamberlain (eds.)

Qualitative Health Psychology

Theories and Methods
Herausgeber: Chamberlain, Kerry; Murray, Michael

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The discipline of health psychology has grown rapidly in recent years, during a period of increasing debate about the nature of psychology and of science in general. Health psychology has tended to adopt the dominant positivist approaches and methods of its parent discipline. Persuasive and compelling, this book provides a strong case for the use of a qualitative framework in health psychology, and is essential reading for anyone interested in the research or practice of health psychology today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780761956617
• ISBN-10: 0761956611
• Artikelnr.: 22059844

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: CONSTRUCTING HEALTH AND ILLNESS THROUGH LANGUAGE
Health Psychology and Qualitative Research - Michael Murray and Kerry
Chamberlain
Social Realms and the Qualities of Illness Experience - Alan Radley
Understanding Embodied Experience - Lucy Yardley
The Storied Nature of Health and Illness - Michael Murray
Discourse, Health and Illness - Mandy Morgan
Making Sense of Illness Experiences - Mary-Jane Paris Spink
Feminist Approaches to Qualitative Health Research - Jane M Ussher
PART TWO: CONVERSING ABOUT HEALTH AND ILLNESS
Interviewing the Ill and the Healthy - Cynthia M Mathieson
Talking to Children about Health and Illness - Christine Eiser and Sarah
Twamley
Qualitative Research in the Field of Death and Dying - R Glynn Owens and
Sheila Payne
Cross-Cultural Research in Health Psychology - Jane Selby
PART THREE: TRANSFORMING TALK INTO TEXT
Using Grounded Theory in Health Psychology - Kerry Chamberlain
Action Research - Sue Curtis, Helen Bryce and Carla Treloar
Doing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Jonathan A Smith, Maria
Jarman and Mike Osborn
Shaping Health Psychology - Antonia Lyons
Qualitative Research, Evaluation and Representation

Rezensionen

`This book constitutes a valuable resource for postgraduate students and researchers. Mos t.... of the chapters succeed in providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to the various approaches and/or methods, thus enabling the reader to make an informed decision about whether or not they wish to pursue the topic further. The book as a whole is also very well referenced and this makes it a source of essential information for students and researchers with an interest in qualitative health psychology' - Health Psychology Update `The book as a whole provides a useful introduction to large-q Qualitative research in health psychology, and makes a convincing argument that qualitative research is far more than just a polite excuse for people who can't handle structural equation modelling. Like the field it describes, the book is discursive, at times personal, and intentionally partial in its perspective. Researchers, both novice and experienced, postgraduate students, and health psychology practitioners will find this a fascinating, and at times, challenging volume' - British Journal of Health Psychology