Health Communication in Practice; A Case Study Approach

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ISBN: 9781410612779 | 1410612775
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Copyright: 2/17/2005

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Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach offers a comprehensive examination of the complex nature of health-related communication. Modeled on Eileen Berlin Ray's 1993 volume, Case Studies in Health Communication, this text contains detailed case studies that demonstrate in-depth applications of communication theory in real-life situations.

Introduction
Issues in Provider-Recipient Communication
The First Three Minutes
Staying Out of the Line of Fire: A Medical Student Learns About Bad News Delivery
Problematic Discharge From Physical Therapy: Communicating About Uncertainty and Profound Values
"I Want You to Put Me in the Grave With All My Limbs": The Meaning of Active Health Participation
Direct Marketing Directs Health Care Relationships?: The Role of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs in Physician-Patient Communication
Issues in Decision Making
Communication and Shared Decision Making in Context: Choosing Between Reasonable Options
Negotiating Cancer Care Through Communication
Explanations of Illness: A Bridge to Understanding
Talking to Children About Illness
Issues in Social Identity
A Treatment Team Approach: The Negotiation of Rehabilitation Goals for Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury
Communication Accommodation in Counseling
Social Identity and Stigma Management for People Living With HIV
Every Breast Cancer Is Different: Illness Narratives and the Management of Identity in Breast Cancer
"They Make Us Miserable in the Name of Helping Us": Communication of Persons With Visible and Invisible Disabilities
Issues in Family Dynamics
Communicating About Family History in an Age of Genomic Health Care: Expanding the Role of Genetic Counseling
Catching Up With Down Syndrome: Parents' Experiences in Dealing With the Medical and Therapeutic Communities
Grieving Families: Social Support After the Death of a Loved One
Negotiating Communication Challenges While Experiencing Alzheimer's Disease: The Case of One Hispanic Family
Finding the Right Place: Social Interaction and Life Transitions Among the Elderly
Issues in Health Care Delivery
Role Negotiation
Medical Care
Enhancing Culturally Competent Health Communication: Constructing Understanding Between Providers and Culturally Diverse Patients
The Patient in 4: Framing and Sense-Making in Emergency Medicine
Reorganized Medical Practice: An Institutional Perspective on Neonatal Care
Making Empowerment Work: Medical Center Soars in Satisfaction Ratings
Issues in Information Dissemination
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Personal Stories and Public Activism: The Implications of
Journey of Life: A Radio Soap Opera on Family Planning in Ethiopia
Narrowing the Digital Divide to Overcome Disparities in Care
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