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<em>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication</em> consists of forty chapters that provide a broad, comprehensive, and systematic overview of the role that linguistics plays within health communication research and its applications. The <i>Handbook</i> is divided into three sections: Individuals' everyday health communication Health professionals' communicative practices Patient-provider communication in interaction Special attention is given to cross-cutting themes, including the role of technology in health communication, narrative, and observations of authentic, naturally-occurring contexts. The chapters are written by international authorities representing a wide range of perspectives and approaches. Building on established work with cutting-edge studies on the changing health communication landscape, this volume will be an essential reference for all those involved in health communication and applied linguistics research and practice.
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The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication, Heidi Ehernberger Hamilton, Wen-ying Sylvia Chou
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- Released
- 2014
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- Title
- The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Released
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 700
- ISBN10
- 0415670438
- ISBN13
- 9780415670432
- Series
- Tags
- Social Sciences, References & Manuals, Medicine, Linguistics, Collected Works, Media and Media Communication, Humanities, Sociolinguistics
- Description
- <em>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication</em> consists of forty chapters that provide a broad, comprehensive, and systematic overview of the role that linguistics plays within health communication research and its applications. The <i>Handbook</i> is divided into three sections: Individuals' everyday health communication Health professionals' communicative practices Patient-provider communication in interaction Special attention is given to cross-cutting themes, including the role of technology in health communication, narrative, and observations of authentic, naturally-occurring contexts. The chapters are written by international authorities representing a wide range of perspectives and approaches. Building on established work with cutting-edge studies on the changing health communication landscape, this volume will be an essential reference for all those involved in health communication and applied linguistics research and practice.