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Health, Behaviour and Society: Clinical Medicine in Context
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Health, Behaviour and Society: Clinical Medicine in Context

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July 2011 | 208 pages | Learning Matters
There is more to a person than a particular symptom or disease: patients are individuals but they are not isolated, they are part of a family, a community, an environment, and all these factors can affect in many different ways how they manage health and illness. This book provides an introduction to population, sociological and psychological influences on health and delivery of healthcare in the UK and will equip today’s medical students with the knowledge required to be properly prepared for clinical practice in accordance with the outcomes of Tomorrow’s Doctors.
 
Introduction
 
PART ONE: THE DOCTOR AS A SCHOLAR AND A SCIENTIST
 
An Introduction to Health and Illness in Society
 
Using Psychology to Help Your Medical Practice
 
The Interaction of Psychological Factors with Illness, Disease and Treatment
 
The Sociology of Health and Illness
 
Populations, Health and Disease
 
Promoting and Improving Health at a Population Level
 
PART TWO: APPLYING KNOWLEDGE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE
 
Scientific Methods and Critical Appraisal
 
Activity Limitation and Disability
 
Pulling It All Together

An excellent text providing a thorough overview of the different psychological and social impacts on health and well-being and the interplay between them. An easy to read to text with thought provoking activities suggested throughout to enable the student to apply the content to practice.

Miss Rachael Anne Mason
School of Health & Social Care, Lincoln University
July 31, 2020

This is a well thought out text, clearly discussing each topic in detail. This book would be useful to students of all heath care disciplines not just medical students

Mrs Kate Harrison
Education Centre 1, Lancashire Teaching Hospital
August 14, 2015

Divided into two distinct sections, this text enables the reader to focus on how the biopsychosocial is integrated into safe clinical practice. Latterly, acknowledging life and health limitations as an increasingly realistic perspective faced by many, the case studies helpfully demonstrate the complexities of UK health care.

Ms Michelle Robinson
Division of Medical Education, Kings College
August 21, 2014

Includes material relevant to the associated course, in different chapters, and I have referred to the book in relation to some specific areas. The activities and exercises for applying learning to case studies are particularly good in this book. The course I teach on is for biomedical science students, not all of whom go on to clinical practice, but this is likely to be of relevance to teaching I do on other courses at times (eg on MBBS, which at the moment is more occasional).

Dr Tracy Finch
Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University
January 6, 2014

very helpfeul towards the course

Mr Richard Tones
Health, Northumberland College
December 6, 2012

An excellent introductory text for undergraduate medical students covering the basics of public health, and the behavioural sciences.

Dr Kenneth Mullen
School of Medicine, Glasgow University
October 9, 2012

Valuable and accessible social science text for medical students.

Dr Suzanne Edwards
Medicine, Swansea University
October 8, 2012

Jennifer Cleland

Jennifer Cleland is head of Medical Education research at the University of Aberdeen, where she also leads the Clinical Communication curriculum and chairs the Community Group, which oversees the first three years of community medicine teaching. She has more than 60 peer-reviewed publications in medical education, covering a range of topics from assessment to patient safety, to teaching communication skills. She is the Elected Chair of the Association for the Study of Medical Education’s (ASME) Research Group, is a member of ASME Executive, and has previously held elected posts on the UK Council of Communication Skills Teaching in... More About Author

Philip Cotton

Phillip Cotton is a General Practitioner with a special interest in supporting victims of torture. He is Deputy Head of the Medical School and Associate Dean for Student Welfare (Medicine) at Glasgow University. He has an active involvement in international medical education and his main research interest is medical education. More About Author