Kevin Wright, Lisa Sparks, Dan O'Hair

Health Communication in 21st 2

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This popular and engaging text on health communication is now revised and updated in a second edition that incorporates recent research and boasts new material on topics such as crisis communication, social disparities in health, and systemic reform.

Fully revised second edition of this popular and authoritative text
Includes fresh material on topics such as crisis communication, health care reform, global health issues, and political issues in health communication
New case studies, examples, and updated glossary keep the work relevant and student-friendly
Provides effective strategies for healthcare organizations and individuals in communicating with patients
Updated and enhanced online resources, including PowerPoint slides, test bank, and instructors manual, available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/wright

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9780470672723
• ISBN-10: 0470672722
• Artikelnr.: 36142830

Autorenporträt

Multi-published author Cheryl Wright, former secretary, debt collector, account manager, writing instructor, and shopping tour hostess, loves reading.She writes historical and contemporary western romance, as well as small town romance and romantic suspense.She lives in a small village on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, and is married with two adult children and has six grandchildren. When she's not writing, she can be found in her craft room.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction 1. Overview of Communication and Health Part II:
Interpersonal Perspectives 2. Provider-Patient Communication 3. Caregiving
and Communication Part III: Social, Cultural, and Organizational Contexts
4. Social Support and Health 5. Culture and Diversity Issues in Healthcare
6. Communication and Healthcare Organizations Part IV: Influences of
Technologies and Media 7. New Technologies and Health Communication 8. Mass
Communication and Health Part V: Risk, Campaigns, Communities, and Teams 9.
Risk and Crisis Communication 10. Health Campaigns and Community Health
Initiatives 11. Interdisciplinary Healthcare Teams Part VI: Contexts,
Challenges, and Choices 12. Political Issues And Health Communication 13.
Epilogue: Looking Toward the Future of Health Communication Research Index

Rezensionen

"Provides a general overview of a wide range of topics, from the micro level of communication between health provider and patient to mid-level issues of communication within a health care organization to the macro level of community-wide health campaigns. Particularly timely are chapters on communication and cultural diversity, technology, and the Affordable Care Act ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and two-year technical program students; general readers." (Choice, 1 August 2013)