• Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Talking Health

Talking Health

Paperback

Series: Communication in the Public Interest, Book 7

Medical ReferenceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 140517756X
ISBN13: 9781405177566
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: May 1 2009
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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: How 'Normal' am I? What are My 'Risk' Factors? Why Don't We Get 'Care'? Is the Public Good 'Good' for Me? Who Profits from My Health? and What'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/ focuses on why communicating about health can make a difference in our health and our quality of life

1 different editions

Also available

Also from

Parrott

Also in

General Sociology