Talking Health

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7757-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

Reihe: Communication in the Public Interest

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Parrott, Roxanne

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.

1. Why Communicating about Health Matters.

2. How "Normal" Am I?

3. What Are My "Risk" Factors?

4. Why Don't We Get "Care"?

5. Is the "Public Good" Good for Me?

6. Who Profits from My Health?

7. What's Politics Got to Do with It?

8. An Agenda for the Twenty-first Century: Increase Informed Choice and Consent, or "If I Ran the Circus."

References.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Roxanne Parrott is Distinguished Professor at Pennsylvania State University, holding joint appointments in the Communication Arts & Sciences and the Health Policy & Administration departments. She is also a faculty member in the College of Medicine, for the Homeland Security Program.