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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of Communication and Health | |
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| Arguments for the Need to Study Health Communication | |
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| Defining Health Communication | |
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| A Brief History of Health Communication Research | |
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| Current Challenges to the Healthcare System and the Role of Health Communication Research | |
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| Overview of the Book | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interpersonal Perspectives | |
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| Provider-Patient Communication | |
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| Provider and Patient Views of Health and Healthcare | |
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| Provider Perspective | |
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| Patient Perspective | |
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| Provider-Patient Interaction | |
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| Improving Provider-Patient Communication | |
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| Outcomes of Provider-Patient Communication | |
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| Communication and Medical Malpractice Lawsuits | |
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| Summary | |
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| Caregiving and Communication | |
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| Caregiving | |
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| Hospice and Palliative Care | |
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| Attitudes Towards Death and Dying | |
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| Summary | |
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| Social, Cultural, and Organizational Contexts | |
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| Social Support and Health | |
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| Types and Functions of Social Support | |
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| Models of Social Support and Health | |
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| Perceptions of Support Providers | |
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| Strong Tie Versus Weak Tie Support Networks | |
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| The Role of Communication in the Social Support Process | |
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| Support Groups for People with Health Concerns | |
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| Communication Processes within Support Groups | |
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| Summary | |
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| Culture and Diversity Issues in Healthcare | |
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| Patient Diversity | |
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| Cultural Differences in Concepts of Health and Medicine | |
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| Recognizing Cultural Diversity in Health Beliefs | |
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| Alternative Medicine | |
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| Spirituality, Culture, and Health | |
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| Social Implications of Illness | |
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| Changing Social Perceptions of Health Issues through Communication | |
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| Provider Diversity | |
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| Summary | |
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| Communication and Healthcare Organizations | |
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| Healthcare Organizations as Systems | |
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| Types of Healthcare Organizations | |
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| Communication within Healthcare Organizations | |
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| Healthcare Organization Culture | |
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| Influences on Healthcare Organization Communication | |
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| Provider Stress, Conflict, and Support within Healthcare Organizations | |
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| Summary | |
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| Influences of Technologies and Media | |
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| New Technologies and Health Communication | |
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| Health Information on the Internet | |
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| New Technologies and Patient-Patient Communication | |
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| New Technologies and Provider-Provider Communication | |
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| New Technologies and Provider-Patient Communication | |
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| New Technologies and Health Campaigns | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mass Communication and Health | |
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| Two Perspectives of Media Influence | |
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| Needs Fulfilled by the Mass Media Concerning Health | |
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| Media Usage, Health Portrayals, and Health Behaviors | |
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| Health News Stones in the Media | |
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| Summary | |
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| Risk, Campaigns, Communities, and Teams | |
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| Risk and Crisis Communication | |
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| Defining Risk Communication | |
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| Global and Large-Scale Health Threats | |
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| At-Risk Communities within the United States | |
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| Communication Strategies for Addressing Health Risks | |
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| Community-Based Health Initiatives for At-Risk or Marginalized Populations | |
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| Risk Communication Strategies at the Provider-Patient Level | |
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| Summary | |
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| Health Campaigns and Community Health Initiatives | |
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| Campaign Goals | |
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| Theoretical Approaches to Health Campaigns | |
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| The Process of Conducting a Health Campaign | |
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| Formative Campaign Evaluation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interdisciplinary Healthcare Teams | |
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| Diversity of Healthcare Professionals | |
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| Importance of Interdisciplinary Teams | |
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| Continuum of Healthcare Teams | |
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| Model of Synergistic Healthcare Teams | |
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| Summary | |
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| Contexts, Challenges, and Choices | |
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| Emerging Health Communication Contexts and Challenges | |
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| Health Literacy | |
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| Breaking Bad News | |
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| Health Communication and Older Adults | |
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| Summary | |
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| Index | |