Books by Alan Radley

Examines peoples experience of illness, their understanding of what it means to be healthy, and illuminates the different worlds of the sick and healthy. First known book to do this in one volume.

This book is about the relationship between social psychology and the body. Or is it because social psychology is well advised to steer clear of problems that draw us back from the social toward what are seen as the biological and the prehistory of our discipline?

Presents an introduction to the social psychology of health and illness. This book shows how people make sense of illness in everyday life, either alone or with the help of others. It demonstrates the relevance of social and psychological explanations to questions about disease and its treatment.