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Editor Biographies ix <p>Foreword xi</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p>Author Biographies xvii</p> <p><b>Part I</b> <b>FOUNDATIONS 1</b></p> <p>1 Theoretical Models of Health Psychology and the Model for Integrating Medicine and Psychology 3<br /> <i>Bret A. Boyer</i></p> <p>2 Insurance, Managed Care, and Integrated Primary Care 31<br /> <i>M. Indira Paharia</i></p> <p><b>Part II</b> <b>PREVENTION 53</b></p> <p>3 Chronic Disease Prevention 55<br /> <i>M. Indira Paharia</i></p> <p>4 Obesity 81<br /> <i>M. Indira Paharia and Larina Kase</i></p> <p>5 Tobacco Cessation 105<br /> <i>M. Indira Paharia</i></p> <p><b>Part III</b> <b>COMMON DISEASE STATES 125</b></p> <p>6 Cardiovascular Disease 127<br /> <i>Albert J. Bellg</i></p> <p>7 Cancer 153<br /> <i>Alyson B. Moadel and Melanie S. Harris</i></p> <p>8 Diabetes 179<br /> <i>Bret A. Boyer</i></p> <p>9HIV/AIDS 201<br /> <i>Lynda M. Sagrestano, Amy Rogers, and Arron Service</i></p> <p>10 Spinal Cord Injury 229<br /> <i>Elizabeth J. Richardson, J. Scott Richards, and Bret A. Boyer</i></p> <p>11Asthma 251<br /> <i>Daphne Koinis Mitchell and Elizabeth McQuaid</i></p> <p>12 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 277<br /> <i>Kirk Stucky and Jeff Greenblatt</i></p> <p>13 End-Stage Renal Disease 301<br /> <i>Allan Goody, Nicole Monserrate, and Anu Bodetti</i></p> <p>14 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Liver Disease 319<br /> <i>Kevin A. Hommel</i></p> <p><b>Part IV</b> <b>SPECIAL TOPICS 347</b></p> <p>15 Chronic Pain 349<br /> <i>John D. Otis and Donna B. Pincus</i></p> <p>16 Pediatric Psychology 371<br /> <i>Lamia P. Barakat and Bret A. Boyer</i></p> <p>17 Substance Abuse in Medical Settings 395<br /> <i>Allison Dorlen Pastor, Aparna Kalbag-Buddhikot, and Adam Brooks</i></p> <p>18 Sexual and Reproductive Health of Men and Women 425<br /> <i>William R. Stayton, Debra W. Haffner, and Susan S. McNiff</i></p> <p>Author Index 453</p> <p>Subject Index 475</p>

<b>Bret A. Boyer</b>, PhD, is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Health Psychology Concentration, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. He has published numerous articles in the field of health psychology in several peer-reviewed journals. <p><b>M. Indira Paharia</b>, PsyD, MBA, MS, is an Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of the Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology, Widener University, Chester, Pennsylvania. She serves as the Co-Director of the Coalition for the Advancement of Community Health Psychology and as the Director of the annual Women's Preventive Health Forum.</p>

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