Qualitative Health Psychology: Theories and Methods

This chapter discusses the construction of health psychology and illness through language, and the role that language plays in the development of theory and practice.

Abstract

PART ONE: CONSTRUCTING HEALTH AND ILLNESS THROUGH LANGUAGE Health Psychology and Qualitative Research - Michael Murray and Kerry Chamberlain Social Realms and the Qualities of Illness Experience - Alan Radley Understanding Embodied Experience - Lucy Yardley The Storied Nature of Health and Illness - Michael Murray Discourse, Health and Illness - Mandy Morgan Making Sense of Illness Experiences - Mary-Jane Paris Spink Feminist Approaches to Qualitative Health Research - Jane M Ussher PART TWO: CONVERSING ABOUT HEALTH AND ILLNESS Interviewing the Ill and the Healthy - Cynthia M Mathieson Talking to Children about Health and Illness - Christine Eiser and Sarah Twamley Qualitative Research in the Field of Death and Dying - R Glynn Owens and Sheila Payne Cross-Cultural Research in Health Psychology - Jane Selby PART THREE: TRANSFORMING TALK INTO TEXT Using Grounded Theory in Health Psychology - Kerry Chamberlain Action Research - Sue Curtis, Helen Bryce and Carla Treloar Doing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis - Jonathan A Smith, Maria Jarman and Mike Osborn Shaping Health Psychology - Antonia Lyons Qualitative Research, Evaluation and Representation