Chapter Outline

I. Health Promotion
     A. Efficient, Cost-Effective Interventions
     B. Focus on Those at Risk
     C. Prevention
     D. Focus on the Elderly
     E. Refocusing Health Promotion Efforts
     F. Promoting Resilience
     G. Promotion as a Part of Medical Practicre
     H. Social Change to Improve Health
II. Gender and Health
III. Stress and Its Management
IV. Use of Health Services
     A. Building Better Consumers
     B. Containing Costs of Health Care
V. Management of Serious Illness
     A. Quality-of-Life Assessment
     B. Pain Management
     C. Adherence
     D. Terminal Care
     E. The Aging of the Population
VI. Trends for the Future
     A. The Changing Nature of Medical Practice
     B. Systematic Documentation of Treatment Effectiveness
nbsp;    C. Systematic Documentation of Cost-Effectiveness
     D. Remaining Issues
VII. Becoming a Health Psychologist
     A. Undergraduate Experience
     B. Graduate Experience
     C. Postgraduate Work
     D. Employment

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