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Talking about Health: Why Communication Matters

Talking about Health: Why Communication Matters
Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, Talking About Health explores the importance of health communication in the 21st century, and how it affects us all.
- Organized around six key questions about health and communication:Â Â How â€˜Normalâ€™ am I? What are My â€˜Riskâ€™ Factors? Why Donâ€™t We Get â€˜Careâ€™? Is the Public Good â€˜Goodâ€™ for Me? Who Profits from My Health? and Whatâ€™s Politics Got to Do with It?
- Provides readers with specific tools which which to better navigate the healthcare system
- Translates what we know about communication and health into useful guidelines for everyday practice
- Includes discussions of politics and healthcare, genetic testing, and alternative care
- The author's blog http://whyhealthcommunication.com/whc_blog/Â focuses on why communicating about health can make a difference in our health and our quality of life
Country USA
Brand Wiley-Blackwell
Manufacturer Wiley-Blackwell
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2009-05-11
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781405177566

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