Qualitative Health Psychology: Theories and Methods

Abstract

PART ONE: CONSTRUCTING HEALTH AND ILLNESS THROUGH LANGUAGE Health Psychology and Qualitative Research - Michael Murray and Kerry Chamberlain Social Realms and the Qualities of Illness Experience - Alan Radley Understanding Embodied Experience - Lucy Yardley The Storied Nature of Health and Illness - Michael Murray Discourse, Health and Illness - Mandy Morgan Making Sense of Illness Experiences - Mary-Jane Paris Spink Feminist Approaches to Qualitative Health Research - Jane M Ussher PART TWO: CONVERSING ABOUT HEALTH AND ILLNESS Interviewing the Ill and the Healthy - Cynthia M Mathieson Talking to Children about Health and Illness - Christine Eiser and Sarah Twamley Qualitative Research in the Field of Death and Dying - R Glynn Owens and Sheila Payne Cross-Cultural Research in Health Psychology - Jane Selby PART THREE: TRANSFORMING TALK INTO TEXT Using Grounded Theory in Health Psychology - Kerry Chamberlain Action Research - Sue Curtis, Helen Bryce and Carla Treloar Doing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Jonathan A Smith, Maria Jarman and Mike Osborn Shaping Health Psychology - Antonia Lyons Qualitative Research, Evaluation and Representation