Communication and health outcomes / editors, Gary L. Kreps, Dan O'Hair.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kreps, Gary L.

O'Hair, Dan.

Series:

SCA applied communication publication program

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in medicine--Case studies.

Communication in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cresskill, N.J.; Annandale, Va. : National Communication Association, 1995.

Summary:

The studies provided in this volume provide evidence of the pervasive influences of communication on health, health care, and health promotion, helping to validate assertions about these influences made by many health communication scholars.

Contents:

Communication and health / Gary L. Kreps, Dan O'Hair, and Marsha Clowers Hart; The effects of music and biological imagery on immune response / James C. Tsao [and others]The impact of relational control on patient compliance in dentist/patient interactions / Kelly S. McNeilis and Teresa L. Thompson; The impact of relational activities on the accomplishment of practitioner and patient goals in the gynecologic examination / Christina S. Beck and Sandra L. Ragan; Metabolic control and communication in nurse-diabetic patient consultations / Richard L. Street [and others]Husband and wife intimacy: attributes of physiological recovery of myocardial infarction patients / Paul Yelsma; Informational support patterns and health lifestyles / Napoleon K. Juanillo, Jr. and Clifford W. Scherer; Parental awareness of suicidal tendencies: child-parent communication and the mental health needs of children / Hartmut B. Mokros and Elva O. Poznanski; Direct and indirect influences of parent-child communication on adolescents' prevention behaviors for AIDS and drug abuse / Erica Weintraub Austin; Influence of health communication environments on children's diet and exercise knowledge, attitudes, and behavior / June A. Flora and Caroline Schooler

ISBN:

1-881303-53-5