Communicating about Health: Current Issues and Perspectives

Communicating about Health: Current Issues and Perspectives

Athena Du Pré, Barbara Cook Overton
$99.99
Publication Date: July 31st, 2020
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
9780190924362
Pages:
448

Description

Now in its sixh edition, Communicating About Health: Current Issues and Perspectives continues to live up to its long-standing reputation as the most dynamic and current exploration of health communication on the market. The book offers rich, current research and in-depth analysis of the cultural, social, and organizational issues that influence health communication and health advocacy.

Communicating About Health is an indispensable resource for readers seeking to improve their communication abilities in fields related to health. This text explores health communication through the eyes of patients, care providers, healthcare leaders, campaign designers, and more. Readers will learn how culture, media, personal identity, technology, social networks, and other factors contribute to health and healing.

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About the Author

Athena du Pré is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of West Florida. She is also the coauthor of Essential Communication (OUP, 2018, Second Edition) and Understanding Human Communication (OUP, 2019, Fourteenth Edition). Barbara Cook Overton earned a Ph.D. in Health Communication from Louisiana State University and is the author of Unintended Consequences of Electronic Medical Records: An Emergency Room Ethnography (2019).