Contributions to Medical Psychology

The role of the clinical psychologist has traditionally been confined to psychiatry, but with the development in medicine of the importance of treating the ''whole man'' it has been realized that we have neglected the psychological aspect of medical care. This book, the first in a series of volumes on the subject of medical psychology, provides 10 important contributions on how psychologists can provide a service and implement research in areas of medicine where the ''human aspect'' has been eroded by technological advances