The Experience of Illness

by Ray Fitzpatrick, Stanton Newman, John Hinton

Originally published in 1984, this book focuses, firstly, on how patients interpret and act in response to symptoms of illness; secondly on how social and psychological factors influence the treatment process; and thirdly, on certain kinds of illness where the psychosocial perspective is of particular importance to the providers of health care - for example, chronic or particularly disabling illnesses. It demonstrates how essential it is to bring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032255625
• ISBN13: 9781032255620
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"