Summary
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This textbook gives a clear and thought-provoking introduction to the critical issues related to health, illness and disability in clinical and health psychology. Challenging some of the preconceptions of ill-health of the biomedical approach, the book explores how health and illness is often shaped by factors such as culture, poverty, gender and sexuality, and examines how these influences impact on the experience and treatment of physical and mental illness as well as disability. Students are introduced to literature from disciplines other than psychology to provide multiple perspectives on these complex issues.
Sexuality
Sexuality
Introduction
Issues of sex and sexuality can often provoke strong opinion, anxiety and moral judgement. Many are embarrassed or ashamed about sex. Others consider their sex life to be central to their experience of life. Many societies have strong moral and religious mores about sex, for example no sex before ...
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