Critical Health Psychology

MICHAEL MURRAY is Professor of Social and Health Psychology at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Associate Editor for the Journal of Health Psychology, he has also edited a book on Qualitative Health Psychology, and co-authored Health Psychology: Theory, Research and Practice. In 1999 he convened the First International Conference on Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Health Psychology, and is co-ordinator for the Critical Health Psychology Network.

Introduction: Criticising Health Psychology; M.Murray PART ONE: THEORY AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY A Sound Mind in a Sound Body: A Critical Historical Analysis of Health Psychology; H.J.Stam Suffering; A.Radley Health and Illness: A Hermeneutical Phenomenological Approach; R.Kugelmann PART TWO: CONTEXT OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Rights to Health, Freedom from Illness: A Life and Death Matter; D.F.Marks Feminist Contributions to Critical Health Psychology; S.Wilkinson Culture, Empowerment & Health; M.MacLachlan PART THREE: RESEARCH METHODS AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY Qualitative Research, Reflexitivity and Context; K.Chamberlain Qualitative Research as Social Transformation; U.Flick Discourse Analysis and Health Psychology; C.Willig PART FOUR: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE Challenging Narratives and Social Representations of Health, Illness and Injury; M.Murray Using Participatory Action Research to Address Community Health Issues; M.Brydon-Miller Health Psychology and Community Action; C.Campbell Endpiece: Towards a Critical Health Psychology; M.Murray References Index