Health Communication: Strategies and Skills for a New Era
Author | : Claudia Parvanta |
Publisher | : Jones & Bartlett Learning |
Total Pages | : 1054 |
Release | : 2018-08-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781284175028 |
ISBN-13 | : 1284175022 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Download or read book Health Communication: Strategies and Skills for a New Era written by Claudia Parvanta and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2018-08-27 with total page 1054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health Communication: Strategies and Skills for a New Era provides a practical process model for developing a health communication intervention. The book also explores exposure to media and how it shapes our conceptions of health and illness. Using a life stages and environments approach, the book touches on the patient role and how we ‘hear’ information from health care providers as well as guidance on how to be a thoughtful consumer of health information.