Simon R. Wilkinson, Wilkinson Simon R.

The Child's World of Illness

The Development of Health and Illness Behaviour

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discusses the languages of illness which we use to present our discomforts to others through an exploration of the child's world of illness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780521029049
• ISBN-10: 052102904X
• Artikelnr.: 21029272

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Glossary
1. Presenting a problem
2. The form of dialogue
3. What has gone before: some background information
4. The primary structure to the child's world of illness
5. Germs and bugs: causal agents
6. Dirt and fresh air: the exogenous system
7. My castle and the good germs: the endogenous system and its boundary
8. 'Pretend illness': an analysis of how communication patterns can foster particular forms of complaints
9. The consultation: a form of dialogue
10. Health education and health promotion
Appendices
References
Index.