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Preface by Christine Stephens, Antonia Lyons, and Kerry Chamberlain
Introduction
Sarah Riley; Kathryn McGuigan; Eleanor Brittain; Gareth Terry; Aorangi Kora; Siobhán Healy-Cullen; Clifford van Ommen; and Don Baken
Part One: Foundations in critical health psychology
Sarah Riley; Siobhán Healy-Cullen; Eleanor Brittain; Gareth Terry; Don Baken; and Aorangi Kora
1.1 Hauora
Eleanor Brittain and Aorangi Kora
1.2 What do we mean by "people"?
Sarah Riley; Siobhán Healy-Cullen; Gareth Terry; Don Baken; and Aorangi Kora
1.3 What do we know?
1.4 Equity and power
Sarah Riley; Siobhán Healy-Cullen; Sonja Ellis; Gareth Terry; and Aorangi Kora
1.5 Experiencing illness
Sarah Riley; Siobhán Healy-Cullen; Aorangi Kora; and Don Baken
1.6 Experiencing treatment
Part Two: Approaches to understanding health and illness
Tracy Morison
2.1 Perspectives on health and illness
Tracy Morison and Ally Gibson
2.2 Making sense of bodily experiences: Interpreting signs and symptoms
2.3. Diagnosis as a social and political practice
Tracy Morison and Clifford van Ommen
2.4 Healthcare interactions: Patient-practitioner relationships
Ally Gibson
Part Three: Applying critical health psychology
Kathryn McGuigan and Gareth Terry
3.1 Frameworks for critical health psychology practice in Aotearoa
Gloria Fraser and Alex Walker
3.2 Becoming a critical health psychology practitioner: Practicum, internships, placements, oh my!
Gareth Terry
3.3. Defining health “problems” and shaping interventions: A critical health psychology perspective
3.4 Disability and critical health psychology: Applications for work and everyday life
Rebekah Graham and Kathryn McGuigan
Glossary
References
List of contributors
Peer review statement
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