Wright, Kevin B.

Health communication in the 21st century / Health communication in the twenty-first century Kevin B. Wright, Lisa Sparks, H. Dan O'Hair. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2008. - vii, 334 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of communication and health -- Provider-patient communication -- Caregiving and communication -- Social support and health -- Culture and diversity issues in healthcare patient diversity -- Communication and Healthcare organizations -- New technologies and health communication -- Mass communication and health -- Risk and crisis communication -- Health campaigns and community health initiatives -- Interdisciplinary healthcare teams -- Emerging health communication contexts, challenges.

9781405155939 (hbk.) 9781405155946 (pbk.)


Communication in medicine.
Communication in medicine--Forecasting.

610.696 / WRI