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Talking about health : why communication matters /

By: Parrott, Roxanne.
Series: Communication in the public interest: Publisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: xiv, 194 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781405177566 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781405177566:; 140517756X (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Communication in medicine | Interpersonal communication | Medical care -- Information resources | Professional-Patient Relations | Medical personnel and patientDDC classification: 610.696
Contents:
Why communicating about health matters -- How "normal" am I? -- What are my "risk" factors? -- Why don't we get "care"? -- Is the "public good" good for me? -- Who profits from my health? -- What's politics got to do with it? -- An agenda for the twenty-first century : increase informed choice and consent, or "if I ran the circus...".
Summary: Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, 'Talking about Health' explores the importance of health communication in the 21st century, and how it affects us all.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 610.696 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0074950
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-185) and index.

Why communicating about health matters -- How "normal" am I? -- What are my "risk" factors? -- Why don't we get "care"? -- Is the "public good" good for me? -- Who profits from my health? -- What's politics got to do with it? -- An agenda for the twenty-first century : increase informed choice and consent, or "if I ran the circus...".

Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, 'Talking about Health' explores the importance of health communication in the 21st century, and how it affects us all.

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