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Communicating health : personal, cultural, and political complexities / Patricia Geist-Martin, Eileen Berlin Ray, Barbara F. Sharf.

By: Geist-Martin, Patricia.
Contributor(s): Ray, Eileen Berlin | Sharf, Barbara F, 1948-.
Series: Wadsworth series in speech communication. Publisher: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, c2003Description: xxv, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0534531008 (pbk.).Subject(s): Communication in medicine | Communication in medicine -- Case studies | Physician and patient | Health promotionDDC classification: 610.696
Contents:
Part I: Communicating health complexities : 1. Communicating health - 2. Personal complexities of communicating health and illness - 3. Understanding health in cultural communities - 4. Political complexities of medicine and healing -- Part II: Communicating health across the life span: 5. Beginning life passages - 6. Formative life passages - 7. Sustaining and enduring life passages - 8. Ending life passages -- Part III: Communicating health competencies : 9. Using and evaluating health information - 10. Navigating health care organizations - 11. Empowering citizens and advocating issues.
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610.696 GEI (Browse shelf) 1 Available SOMAC,09050,02,CL 1001005487

Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-385) and indexes.

Part I: Communicating health complexities : 1. Communicating health - 2. Personal complexities of communicating health and illness - 3. Understanding health in cultural communities - 4. Political complexities of medicine and healing -- Part II: Communicating health across the life span: 5. Beginning life passages - 6. Formative life passages - 7. Sustaining and enduring life passages - 8. Ending life passages -- Part III: Communicating health competencies : 9. Using and evaluating health information - 10. Navigating health care organizations - 11. Empowering citizens and advocating issues.