Explaining Illness: Research, Theory, and Strategies

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ISBN: 9780805831115 | 0805831118
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 11/1/1999

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This volume studies the explanation of illness in various cultural and social contexts. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners in health communication and health care fields, including nursing, public health, and medicine.

Foreword

Richard M. Glass

Preface

Acknowledgments

xvi

I. Foundational Theoretical Issues

The Nature and Language of Illness Explanations

(38)

Teresa L. Thompson

Managing Uncertainty in Illness Explanation: An Application of Problematic Integration Theory

(28)

Austin S. Babrow

Stephen C. Hines

Chris R. Kasch

Explaining Illness Through the Mass Media: The Problem-Solving Perspective

(32)

Katherine E. Rowan

Explaining Illness as Bad News: Individual Differences in Explaining Illness-Related Information

101

(22)

Cathy Gillotti

James Applegate

II. Populations and New Sources of Explanation

Explaining Illness to Patients With Limited Literacy

123

(24)

Terry C. Davis

Mark V. Williams

William T. Branch

Kristen W. Green

Explaining Illness: An Examination of Message Strategies and Gender

147

(24)

Anne S. Gabbard-Alley

Explaining Illness to Older Adults: The Complexities of the Provider--Patient Interaction as We Age

171

(24)

Jon F. Nussbaum

Loretta Pecchioni

Jo Anna Grant

Annette Folwell

Explaining Illness to Children: Theory, Strategies, and Future Inquiry

195

(14)

Bryan B. Whaley

Pharmacists' New Communicative Role: Explaining Illness and Medicine to Patients

209

(28)

Jon C. Schommer

COCULTURAL ISSUES AND EXPLAINING ILLNESS

Native Americans Explaining Illness: Storytelling as Illness Experience

237

(20)

Lillian Tom-Orme

Explaining Illness to Latinos: Cultural Foundations and Messages

257

(24)

Denice Cora-Bramble

LaShaun Williams

Explaining Illness to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans: Culture, Communication, and Boundary Regulation

281

(16)

Gust A. Yep

Explaining Illness to African Americans: Employing Cultural Concerns with Strategies

297

(18)

Carolyn Stroman

Commentary and Continued Concerns

315

(12)

Barbara Korsch

Author Index

327

(22)

Subject Index

349

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