Communicating about Health: Current Issues and Perspectives - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Athena du Pre, Barbara Cook OvertonPublish date:2023-08-15Pages:432
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197664308ISBN-10:019766430XUPC:9780197664308Book Category:Education, Medical, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Communication StudiesSize:9.99 x 8.07 x 0.86 inchesWeight:1.93Product ID:SC846RB9Z2
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197664308ISBN-10:019766430XUPC:9780197664308Book Category:Education, Medical, Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:Communication StudiesSize:9.99 x 8.07 x 0.86 inchesWeight:1.93Product ID:SC846RB9Z2
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).
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