Communication and Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society

1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-86134-341-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Communication and cultural diversity have become key focus areas as the health service engages with goals of health improvement and equity.

This timely and unique book provides a rigorous and challenging review of recent research, with a particular focus on health communication interventions concerning service users who may lack fluency in English. The book shows that meeting the needs of all health service users, including disadvantaged groups, depends on both structures and processes of communication.

This book will prove invaluable to healthcare professionals and medical students, academics, practitioners, service managers and policy makers concerned with improving health services for minority ethnic groups.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robinson, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Part One: Communication barriers: Process barriers; Structural barriers; Part Two: Intervention studies: Service development; Advocates and linkworkers; Interpreters; Training; Health education programmes and resources; Conclusions.

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Über Autor(innen)

Mark Robinson is a Research Fellow at the School of Healthcare Studies, University of Leeds. Research interests include healthcare communication, socio-cultural diversity, ethnicity, and institutional language and interaction. He has previous research experience of intercultural communication in education.