The Routledge handbook of health communication / edited by Teresa L. Thompson, Nancy Grant Harrington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Teresa L., editor.

Harrington, Nancy Grant, editor.

Series:

Routledge communication series.

Routledge handbooks.

Routledge communication series

Routledge handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication in medicine--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Communication in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (631 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2022.

Summary:

"A seminal text in the field, this new edition of The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication provides students and scholars with a comprehensive survey of the subject's key research foundations and trends, authored the by discipline's leading scholars. The third edition has been completely updated and reorganized to guide both new researchers and experienced scholars through the most critical and contemporary topics in health communication today. There is new attention to policy and NGOs, marginalized populations such as migrants and refugees, the environment, global health, and health advocacy and activism. The handbook will continue to serve as an invaluable resource for students, researchers, scholars, policymakers, and healthcare professionals doing work in health communication"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Section I Introduction

1 The Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Nature of Health Communication Scholarship

2 Theoretical and Methodological Matters in Health Communication: Navigating Current and Future Directions

3 Research Translation, Dissemination, and Implementation

4 Narrative Features, Forms, and Functions: Telling Stories to Foster Well-Being, Humanize Healthcare, and Catalyze Change

Section II Interpersonal and Family Health Communication

5 Mental Health, Mental Illness, and Suicide

6 Stigma, Communication, and Health

7 Health and Relational Outcomes for Informal Caregivers and Care-Recipients

8 Family Health Communication

9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Communication

10 Social Support, Supportive Communication, and Health

11 Everyday Interpersonal Communication About Health and Illness

Section III Patient-Provider Communication

12 Mutual Persuasion as Patient-Centered Communication

13 Difficult Conversations Between Healthcare Providers and Patients

14 Improving Clinician and Patient Communication Skills

15 Patient-Provider Communication and Health Outcomes

Section IV Healthcare Provider and Organizational Health Communication

16 The Multiple Voices of Communication in Healthcare

17 Interprofessional Communication: Healthcare Teams, Patient Handoffs, and Multiteam Systems

18 Stress and Burnout: A Review of Research in Health Organizations

Section V Mediated Communication

19 Health and Media: The Impact of News and Entertainment

20 Consumer Advertising and Health Communication

21 Social Media and Health

22 Health Misinformation

Section VI Campaigns, Interventions, and Technology Applications.

23 Public Health Communication Campaigns

24 Community-Based Health Interventions

25 Technology-Based Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and Treatment

26 The Role of Technology in Health Communication: Trends and Trajectories

Section VII Overarching Issues in Health Communication

27 Health Information Seeking

28 Inroads Into Healthy Decision-Making: The Role of Health Literacy in Health Communication

29 Communication, Health, and Equity: Structural Influences

30 Intercultural Health Communication: Rethinking Culture in Health Communication

31 Global Health Communication

32 Public Health Crises

33 Communicating About the Environment and Health

Section VIII Challenges and Challenging Contexts in Health Communication Research and Practice

34 Ethical Issues in Health Communication in Clinical and Digital Settings and in Health Communication Campaigns

35 Rethinking Imbalances of Power Through Health Communication: Challenges for Scholars, Practitioners, and Activists

36 Conversation Analysis and Health Communication

37 Advancing Health Communication Research: Issues and Controversies in Research Design and Data Analysis

38 Health Communication Research and Practice at the Level of Government, Foundations, Public Policy, and NGOs

39 Challenges in Conducting Health Communication Research

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-304337-2

1-000-45138-0

1-003-04337-2

1-000-45137-2

9781003043379

OCLC:

1251737548