Psychosomatic Approach: Contemporary Practice of Whole-Person Care

Partial table of contents: COMTEMPORARY PSYCHOSOMATICS. Building on Psychosomatic Foundations (M. Christie). THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE. A Contemporary Approach to Genetic Counseling (A. Emery & I Pullen). Contemporary Attitudes to Care in Labour (N. Morris, et al.). EATING BEHAVIOURS. Biopsychological Interactions Underlying the Study and Treatment of Obesity (J. Blundell & A. Hill). CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDER. Alteration of Type A Behaviour in Coronary Patients (L. Powell & M. Friedman). PAIN AND ANXIETY. Benzodiazepines: The Search for Tranquility (R. Priest). WELL- BEING IN COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTS. Public Health: Community Medicine or Medicine in the Community? (M. Baker). Treating the Home Environment of the Schizophrenic Patient (R. Berkowitz & J. Leff). SURGERY AND ONCOLOGY. The Whole Person Approach to Surgery (A. Stotter & H. Dudley). TERMINAL CARE. A Philosophy of Terminal Care (C. Saunders). Index.Mellett, Peter G. is the author of 'Psychosomatic Approach: Contemporary Practice of Whole-Person Care' with ISBN 9780471903703 and ISBN 0471903701.