The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication (Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138284483 ISBN 13: 9781138284487

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication consists of forty chapters that provide a broad, comprehensive, and systematic overview of the role that linguistics plays within health communication research and its applications.

The Handbook is divided into three sections:

• Individuals’ everyday health communication
• Health professionals’ communicative practices
• Patient-provider communication in interaction

Special attention is given to cross-cutting themes, including the role of technology in health communication, narrative, and observations of authentic, naturally-occurring contexts. The chapters are written by international authorities representing a wide range of perspectives and approaches.

Building on established work with cutting-edge studies on the changing health communication landscape, this volume will be an essential reference for all those involved in health communication and applied linguistics research and practice.

About this title

About the Author

Heidi E. Hamilton is Professor and Chair in the Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University, USA.
Wen-ying Sylvia Chou is a Program Director in the Health Communication and Informatics Research Branch at the National Cancer Institute, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138284483
• ISBN 13: 9781138284487
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 700
• Editor: Hamilton Heidi