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Part 1 Introduction to health psychology: what is health psychology?; the systems of the body. Part 2 Health behaviour and primary prevention: health promotion and the practice of health behaviours; the modification of health behaviours; health-enhancing behaviours; health-compromising behaviours. Part 3 Stress and coping: stress and the development of illness; coping with stress. Part 4 The patient in the treatment setting: the use of health services; patient-practitioner interaction; pain and its management. Part 5 Management of chronic and terminal illness: management of chronic illness; psychological issues in advancing and terminal illness; heart disease, hypertension, stroke and diabetes; psychoimmunology, AIDS, cancer and arthritis. Part 6 Toward the future: health psychology - challenges for the future.