Clinical health psychology in medical settings; a practitioner's guidebook, 2d ed.9781433803789 Clinical health psychology in medical settings; a practitioner's guidebook, 2d ed. Belar, Cynthia D. and William W. Deardorff. American Psychological Assn. 2009 316 pages $59.95 Hardcover R726 For practitioners and graduate students, Belar (clinical psychology, U. of Florida, Gainsville) and Deardorff, a clinical psychologist psy·chol·o·gist n. A person trained and educated to perform psychological research, testing, and therapy. psychologist , present a guide that details the role of clinical health psychologists This list includes notable psychologists and contributors to psychology, some of whom may not have thought of themselves primarily as psychologists but are included here because of their important contributions to the discipline. , their education, training, and personal and professional issues they face. They then address assessment, intervention, and consulting strategies, with case examples for illustration. This edition includes an expanded discussion of psychometric psy·cho·met·rics n. (used with a sing. verb) The branch of psychology that deals with the design, administration, and interpretation of quantitative tests for the measurement of psychological variables such as intelligence, aptitude, and instruments and psychological testing psychological testing Use of tests to measure skill, knowledge, intelligence, capacities, or aptitudes and to make predictions about performance. Best known is the IQ test; other tests include achievement tests—designed to evaluate a student's grade or performance with medical patients, and more on liability and malpractice malpractice, failure to provide professional services with the skill usually exhibited by responsible and careful members of the profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the party contracting those services. . The chapter on ethical issues has been updated to reflect the 2000 version of the American Psychological Association's "Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct." Reading lists have been updated. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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