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Name: The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Illness
ID: m13589
Language: English (en)
Summary: Aims to define the biopsychosocial model, explicate its implications in healthcare, characterize the nature of past and present perceptions of health and what factors influenced change, delineate the position of health psychology in different environments, and reveal the methods used to study biopsychosocial interactions.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Behavioral Medicine, Health, Health Psychology, Illness, Medicine, Psychology, Sociology
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Dr. Shaheen E Lakhan (slakhan@gnif.org)
Copyright Holders: Dr. Shaheen E Lakhan (slakhan@gnif.org)
Maintainers: Dr. Shaheen E Lakhan (slakhan@gnif.org)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Apr 19, 2006 2:01 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: Aug 3, 2006 5:20 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m13589_1.2.cnxml

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Version: 1.2 Aug 3, 2006 5:20 pm GMT-5 by Dr. Shaheen E Lakhan
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Version: 1.1 Apr 19, 2006 2:41 pm GMT-5 by Dr. Shaheen E Lakhan
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