Health communication in the 21st century
By: Kevin B. Wright, Lisa Sparks, Dan O'Hair.
Contributors: Sparks, Lisa.; O'Hair, Dan.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405155939; 9781405155946
Subjects: Communication in medicine; Communication in medicine -- Forecasting; Communication; Delivery of Health Care; Communications Media; Health Promotion; Professional-Patient Relations
Other titles: Health communication in the twenty-first century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of communication and health; title: Provider-patient interaction; title: Caregiving and communication; title: Social support and health; title: Intercultural health belief systems and diversity; title: Health organizations and managed care; title: New communication technologies and healthcare; title: Mass communication and health; title: Risk communication; title: Health campaigns and community health initiatives; title: Healthcare teams; title: Health communication contexts, challenges, and choices.