social obligations. Being sick may be looked at as giving up, in part or totally, the
performance of one's customary duties. This conforms rather well to popular conceptions 8 …

A selected review of life changes and illness studies is presented which illustrates both the
diversity of samples that have been tested in these studies and the generally positive results …

Objectives To investigate the psychosocial effects of the companion robot, Paro, in a rest
home/hospital setting in comparison to a control group. Design Randomized controlled trial …

L'entreprise médicale menace la santé. La colonisation médicale de la vie quotidienne
aliène les moyens de soins. Le monopole professionnel sur le savoir scientifique empêche …

The papers comprising this second volume of Human Behavior and the Environment
represent, as do their predecessors, a cross section of current work in the broad area of …

Background. Although adverse effects of severe chronic stress on immunocompetence and
physical well-being in older adults have been reported, the immune response to less severe …

Reviews the literature on the psychology of death, focusing on studies of thoughts, feelings,
attitudes, and actions about death and those which view death as a possible outcome of …

Public Order and Private Lives is a radical examination of the political forces which shape
the law and order debate in Britain. Mike Brake and Chris Hale provide a hard-hitting …

The exploration of environmental influences in the broadest sense offers the most promising
leads in explaining variations in risk, both between countries and between social and …

The literature on the relocation of the aged is examined and the findings are presented
within a framework of three types of moves—institution to institution, home to institution, and …