Table of contents:

Part I: Psychological Models and the Experience of Health Care
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview / Susan Llewelyn, Paul Kennedy
Chapter 2: Models and Concepts / Cynthia Belar
Chapter 3: The Person's Experience of Health Care / Paul Kennedy, Susan Llewelyn
Chapter 4: Staff Experience of the Health Care System / Barbara Wren, Susan Michie
Chapter 5: The Experience of Families and their Carers in Health Care / Timothy R. Elliott, Patricia Rivera

Part II: Clinical Conditions and the Experience of Clinical Health Psychology
Chapter 6: Cardiac Conditions / Wolfgang Linden
Chapter 7: Oncology and Psycho-oncology / Kristin M. Kilbourn, Patricia E. Durning
Chapter 8: Chronic Pain / Dennis C. Turk, Elena S. Monarch
Chapter 9: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Behavioural Medicine Approach / Margreet Scharloo, Adrian A. Kaptein
Chapter 10: Treatment of Obesity / Michael G. Perri, Joyce A. Corsica
Chapter 11: Diabetes Mellitus / Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Dawn Newman Carlson
Chapter 12: Working with Cognitively Impaired Clients / Jeri Morris
Chapter 13: Psychological Aspects of Acquired Hearing Impairment and Tinnitus / Laurence McKenna, David Mark Baguley, Gerhard Andersson
Chapter 14: Spinal Cord Injury / Jane Duff, Paul Kennedy
Chapter 15: Clinical Practice Issues in Solid Organ Transplantation / Michelle R. Widows, James R. Rodrigue
Chapter 16: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Michael Sharpe
Chapter 17: Gynaecology / Pauline Slade
Chapter 18: Accident and Trauma / Gary Latchford
Chapter 19: Reproductive Health / Beth Adler
Chapter 20: Appearance Anxiety / Gerry Kent
Chapter 21: Psychological Management for Sexual Healthy and HIV / Barbara Hedge
Chapter 22: An Average Old Age: Associations between Ageing, Health and Behaviour / Mary Gilhooly, Eileen McDonach

Part III: Research Issues, the Social Context and Future Challenges
Chapter 23: The Nature of Evidence in Clinical Health Psychology / Richard Glynn Owens
Chapter 24: Qualitative Research: Evaluating the Process and the Product / William B. Stiles
Chapter 25: The Social Context of Health / Paul Bennett
Chapter 26: Telehealth and Chronic Illness: Emerging Issues and Developments in Research and Practice / Robert L. Glueckauf, Treven C. Pickett, Timothy U. Ketterson, Jeffrey S. Loomis, David W. Nickelson
Chapter 27: The Relevance of Health Policy to the Future of Clinical Health Psychology / Robert G. Frank, Janet E. Farmer, Joshua C. Klapow
Chapter 28: Convergence, Integration and Priorities / Paul Kennedy, Susan Llewelyn