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Critical Health Psychology

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University of Queensland, Australia, c.lee{at}psy.uq.edu.au

This commentary deals with two issues raised by Hepworth (this issue). Concerning definitions, it argues that critical health psychology needs to be more explicit in defining itself as politically left-wing, and that its central defining characteristic should be that it is research and practice which aims primarily to benefit the participants, regardless of any specific method or epistemology. Concerning the value of critical health psychology, it argues that work which has improved health on a global scale and which aims to reduce inequities is being done, but not by critical psychologists, and suggests a need for more action and less rhetoric.

Key Words: critical psychology • public health

Journal of Health Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 3, 355-359 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1359105306063303


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