What is critical health psychology? How is it changing the way we think about topics like ageing,
the community and gender? What can it tell us about our understanding of health and illness?

The second edition of this highly regarded text has been thoroughly updated to take account
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Examining the debates and disputes that lie at the heart of health psychology, this new
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