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HS907 Psychosocial Responses to Health and Illness 

This is the web resource centre for the module HS907 Psychosocial Response to Health and Illness, as offered by the School of Health and Human Sciences for the academic year 2009-10.

The course is taught by Dr Simon Carmel, Dr Leanne Andrews and Prof Gill Green.

Basic course materials, such as the course reading list and the lecture hand-outs will be accessible here.


Teaching will take place on five Wednesdays between 28 April and 26 May inclusive.

Morning session: 10am - 12noon in Room 2S2.3.20

Afternoon session: 1pm - 3pm in Room 2S2.3.20



Please click on the links below to access the material online

  • Module outline
     
  • Timetable

           28 April, 10am     Culture, health and illness (Simon Carmel)

           28 April, 1pm       Stigma (Gill Green)

           5 May, 10am       Health beliefs and behaviours (i) - concepts and theories (Leanne Andrews)

           5 May, 1pm          Pathways to health care (Simon Carmel)

           12 May, 10am     Health beliefs and behaviours (ii) - practical applications (Leanne Andrews)

           12 May, 1pm        Experience of chronic illness (Simon Carmel)

           19 May, 10am      Adherence to treatment (Leanne Andrews)

           19 May, 1pm        Social and medical models (Simon Carmel)

           26 May, 10am      Stress and coping (Leanne Andrews)

           26 May, 10am     Ageing, health and the Lifecourse (Simon Carmel)                   

 

 

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