Talking about Health Why Communication Matters

Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, Talking About Health explores the importance of health communication in the 21st century, and how it affects us all. * Organized around six key questions about health and communicati...

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Main Author Parrott, Roxanne
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley 2009
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition1
SeriesCommunication in the public interest
Subjects
Communication in medicine
Interpersonal communication
Medical care
Medical personnel and patient
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Summary:Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, Talking About Health explores the importance of health communication in the 21st century, and how it affects us all. * Organized around six key questions about health and communication: How 'Normal' am I? What are My 'Risk' Factors? Why Don't We Get 'Care'? Is the Public Good 'Good' for Me? Who Profits from My Health? and What's Politics Got to Do with It? * Provides readers with specific tools which which to better navigate the healthcare system * Translates what we know about communication and health into useful guidelines for everyday practice * Includes discussions of politics and healthcare, genetic testing, and alternative care * The author's blog http://whyhealthcommunication.com/whc_blog/ focuses on why communicating about health can make a difference in our health and our quality of life
ISBN:1444310828
9781444310825
140517756X
9781405177566
9781444310832
1444310836
DOI:10.1002/9781444310832