This book provides a strong case for the use of a qualitative framework in Health Psychology. Notes on Contributors, Constructing Health and Illness Through Language, Health Psychology and Qualitative Research, Social Realms and the Qualities of Illness Experience, Understanding Embodied Experience, The Storied Nature of Health and Illness, Making Sense of Illness Experiences, Feminist Approaches to Qualitative Health Research, Conversing about Health and Illness, Interviewing the Ill and the Healthy, Talking to Children about Health and Illness, Qualitative Research in the Field of Death and Dying, Cross-Cultural Research in Health Psychology, Transforming Talk into Text, Using Grounded Theory in Health Psychology, Action Research, Doing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Shaping Health Psychology: Qualitative Research and Evaluation and Representation, Name and Subject Index.