Table of Contents
About the Editors vii
List of Contributors ix
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xix
1 Applying Health Psychology to Dentistry: 'People, Not Teeth' 1 Sarah Baker
2 Promoting the Application of Health Psychology in Primary Health Care 17 Amy Baraniak
3 Health Psychology in the NHS: The Long andWinding Road . . . 28 Julian Bath
4 A Journey into Health Psychology and Beyond 40 Sheila Bonas
5 Health Psychology in Cyberspace 50 Neil Coulson
6 Working in Academia: A Different Kind of Practice, but Practice Nonetheless 58 Lorna Dodd
7 Shared Decision Making 69 Darren Flynn
8 Writing, Training, Teaching, Researching, Consulting, Quality Assurance and the Kitchen Sink 84 Mark Forshaw
9 What Are the Roles of a Health Psychologist in Clinical Practice? Defining Knowledge, Skills and Competencies 93 Claire Hallas
10 Health Psychology: The Missing Ingredient from Health and Safety? 105 Jenny Lunt
11 Keeping Up Appearances in Health Psychology 116 Timothy P. Moss
12 Social and Political Health Psychology in Action 128 Michael Murray
13 Tailoring Behavioural Support and Tailoring Health Psychology Careers 138 Felix Naughton
14 Working with Chronic Pain 150 Sue Peacock
15 Combining Practice and Academia as a Health Psychologist 161 Karen Rodham
16 Health Psychologists in Action – Working for the Pharmaceutical Industry 172 Katja Rúdell
17 The Rapid Growth of Health Psychology in Medical Schools and Clinical Practice 183 Harbinder Sandhu and Shilpa Patel
18 The Lived Experience of a Qualitative Health Psychologist 195 Rachel L. Shaw
19 Health Psychology in Sickle Cell and Other Long-Term Haematological Conditions 207 Veronica Joan Thomas
20 Afterword 221 Mark Forshaw and David Sheffield
Index 225