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Communicating About Health: Current Issues and Perspectives 7th Revised edition [Pehme köide]

(, University of West Florida), (, Louisiana State University)
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 432 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 254x205x22 mm, kaal: 875 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Oct-2023
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 019766430X
  • ISBN-13: 9780197664308
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 432 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 254x205x22 mm, kaal: 875 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 17-Oct-2023
  • Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc
  • ISBN-10: 019766430X
  • ISBN-13: 9780197664308
Communicating About Health: Current Issues and Perspectives continues to live up to its long-standing reputation as the most dynamic and current exploration of health communication on the market. This book offers rich, current research and in-depth analysis of the cultural, social, and organizational issues that influence health communication and health advocacy.

Communicating About Health is an indispensable resource for readers seeking to improve their communication abilities in fields related to health. This text explores health communication through the eyes of patients, care providers, healthcare leaders, campaign designers, and more. Readers will learn how culture, media, personal identity, technology, social networks, and other factors contribute to health and healing.

Arvustused

It includes great practical advice and is written at an appropriate level for an undergraduate introductory course. It doesn't presume prerequisites or knowledge of communication" -Lauren Frank, Portland State University Comprehensive and appealing to students with relevant examples and case studies. * Adrienne Holz Ivory, Virginia Tech * An engaging textbook that includes relevant video examples, real-life examples, and thought-provoking discussion questions that could encourage in-class participation." -Andrea Malterud, George Mason University This is a great textbook if you want to emphasize how health and social issues are intertwined. * Ben Medeiros, SUNY Plattsburgh * Comprehensive, up to date, sensitive to issues of diversity in health communicationattempts to be non-Eurocentric. It is a great reflection of the broader field of Health Communication as I understand it. * James Olufowote, University of Oklahoma *

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The print edition is no longer stocked, but a discounted e-book is available for purchase.
Athena du Prè, Ph.D. is a professor of communication and director of the Strategic Communication & Leadership master's degree program and the Health Communication Leadership graduate-level certificate program at the University of West Florida. Her research interests include patient-caregiver communication, coping with health crises, humor and healing, and workplace dynamics. Dr. du Pré is a former journalist and hospital public relations director. She received a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Oklahoma in 1995. Since joining the UWF faculty, she has twice been honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards by the student body. She is also co-author, with Ron Adler and George Rodman, of Oxford's Understanding Human Communication and Essential Communication.

Barbara Cook Overton earned a Ph.D. in Health Communication from Louisiana State University and is the author of Unintended Consequences of Electronic Medical Records: An Emergency Room Ethnography (2019).