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Health Communication in the 21st Century

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Health Communication in the 21st Century is a thoroughly revised and updated text offering an engaging exploration of health communication. This second edition integrates recent research and introduces new material on crisis communication, social disparities in health, systemic reform, global health issues, and political dimensions of health communication. It features case studies, examples, and an updated glossary to support student learning, while providing effective strategies for communication between healthcare organisations and patients.
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This book is suitable for students in healthcare communication courses, healthcare professionals seeking to improve patient communication, and general readers interested in health communication theory and practice.

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This popular and engaging text on health communication is now revised and updated in a second edition that incorporates recent research and boasts new material on topics such as crisis communication, social disparities in health, and systemic reform.

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This popular and engaging text on health communication is now revised and updated in a second edition that incorporates recent research and boasts new material on topics such as crisis communication, social disparities in health, and systemic reform.

Health Communication in the 21st Century is a fully revised second edition of this popular and authoritative text. It includes fresh material on topics such as crisis communication, health care reform, global health issues, and political issues in health communication.

New case studies, examples, and an updated glossary keep the work relevant and student-friendly. The book provides effective strategies for healthcare organisations and individuals in communicating with patients.

Updated and enhanced online resources, including PowerPoint slides, a test bank, and an instructor's manual, are available upon publication at www.wiley.com/go/wright.

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Reviews highlight the book's comprehensive coverage, spanning communication at individual, organisational, and community levels. It is praised for its timely chapters addressing cultural diversity, technological impacts, and health policy developments such as the Affordable Care Act. Recommended for lower-division undergraduates, technical programme students, and general readers.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780470672723

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 December 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Edition: 2nd edition

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 192.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 617g

Pages: 360

About the Author

Kevin Bradley Wright is Professor and Chair of theDepartment of Communication at Saint Louis University,USA. Lisa Sparks is Foster and Mary McGaw Endowed Professor inBehavioral Sciences at Chapman University, USA, and Full FacultyMember of the NCI-designated Chao Family Comprehensive CancerCenter at the University of California, Irvine. H. Dan O Hair is a Presidential Professor in theDepartment of Communication at the University of Oklahoma, USA.

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