Communicating about Health: Current Issues and Perspectives - Softcover

DuPre, Athena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767410815 ISBN 13: 9780767410816

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Communicating About Health outlines the research and theory of health communication and offers practical advice and examples that allow students to further develop their own skills in health communication. The text provides balanced coverage (doctor and patient perspectives), a strong emphasis on the history of health care, an examination of culture’s role in health and healing, and a look at the current issues and challenges facing health care in contemporary society.

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Coverage of the history of health care and culture's role in health and healing are integrated throughout the text.
The text includes up-to-date coverage of current issues including information on how managed care, telemedicine, financial reform, the Internet, and other factors are changing the nature of health communication.
Issues of diversity are integrated throughout the text. Students are exposed to cultural diversity in terms of thinking about health and healing, and how gender, age, race, and language differences influence health communication.
Tips are provided throughout the text to encourage students to examine their styles of communicating about health.
To enhance student's critical thinking skills, a box progam is found throughout the text. The boxes highlight the latest issues and concerns in health communication, discussing a range of topics from ethical considerations to tips for patients and caregivers.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767410815
• ISBN 13: 9780767410816
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376