Health psychology : a cultural approach / Regan A.R. Gurung.

Belmont, CA : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, [2010], ©2010.

xxvi, 518 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

2nd ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-486) and indexes.

Health psychology: setting the stage -- Cultural approaches to health -- Essential physiology -- Stress across cultures -- Coping and social support -- Models of behavior change -- Health behaviors: eating, physical activity, smoking, and drinking -- Factors surrounding illness -- Pain -- Chronic illness, terminal illness, and death -- Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV -- Culture and cancer -- Culture and cardiovascular disease -- The future of health psychology.