ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication 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 Handbook 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |229 pages
Individuals' everyday health communication
chapter |18 pages
A linguistic analysis of diabetes patients' talk
chapter |15 pages
Contesting chemotherapy, amputation, and prosthesis
chapter |15 pages
Alzheimer's diagnosis on trial
chapter |16 pages
Health disparities research and practice
part |178 pages
Health professionals' communicative practices
chapter |14 pages
Why read and write in the clinic?
chapter |33 pages
Communication skills training for resident physicians
chapter |17 pages
Teaching medical students to become discourse analysts
chapter |18 pages
Mental healthcare professionals' role performance
part |236 pages
Patient–provider communication in interaction