Table of Contents
Introduction, Heidi E.Hamilton, Wen-ying SylviaChou; Part 1 Individuals’ everyday health communication; Chapter 1 Health communication ‘noise’, Nancy J.Burke, Judith C.Barker; Chapter 2 Speaking your health, Mark R.Luborsky; Chapter 3 Perceived risk and health risk communication, Erika A.Waters, AmyMcQueen, Linda D.Cameron; Chapter 4 If numbers could speak, ChristinaZarcadoolas, WendyVaughon; Chapter 5 Corpus linguistics and evidence-based health communication, Paul Crawford, BrianBrown, KevinHarvey; Chapter 6 A linguistic analysis of diabetes patients’ talk, UllaConnor, KathrynLauten; Chapter 7 Health risks and mediated discourse, Rodney H.Jones; Chapter 8 Contesting chemotherapy, amputation, and prosthesis, VaidehiRamanathan; Chapter 9 Alzheimer’s diagnosis on trial, Peter A.Lichtenberg, Mark R.Luborsky; Chapter 10 Applied linguistics as a resource for understanding and advancing health literacy, DonaldRubin; Chapter 11 Health disparities research and practice, Sherrie FlyntWallington; Chapter 12 Web 2.0 and the changing health communication environment, AbbyPrestin, Wen-ying SylviaChou; Chapter 13 Interaction in online support groups, WykeStommel, JoyceLamerichs; Chapter 14 Quality and usefulness of written communication for patients, RosemaryClerehan; Chapter 15 Persuasion vs. information in direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, Peter J.Schulz, UweHartung; Part 2 Health professionals’ communicative practices; Chapter 16 Why read and write in the clinic?, RitaCharon; Chapter 17 Presencing in the context of enhancing patient well-being in nursing care, SallyCandlin, Christopher N.Candlin; Chapter 18 Transforming medical school culture, Richard M.Frankel, ElainaChen; Chapter 19 Communication skills training for resident physicians, BenjaminBlatt, Noemi AliceSpinazzi, LarrieGreenberg; Chapter 20 Teaching medical students to become discourse analysts, Mei-huiTsai, Feng-hwaLu, Richard M.Frankel; Chapter 21 Exploring communicative interactions between visitors and assisted-living residents with dementia, BoydDavis, MargaretMaclagan, DenaShenk; Chapter 22 Healthcare team communication, Melinda M.Villagran, Paula K.Baldwin; Chapter 23 The interpenetration of communicative contexts, Aaron V.Cicourel; Chapter 24 Mental healthcare professionals’ role performance, Branca TellesRibeiro, Diana de SouzaPinto, Claudio GruberMann; Chapter 25 Clinical incident reporting, incident investigation, and incident disclosure, RickIedema; Part 3 Patient–provider communication in interaction; Chapter 26 Before the ‘official diagnosis’, ThomasSpranz-Fogasy; Chapter 27 After the diagnosis, Karen S.Schaepe, Douglas W.Maynard; Chapter 28 Managing hopeful moments, Wayne A.Beach; Chapter 29 Medication and morality, FeliciaRoberts, Jennifer S.Kramer; Chapter 30 The role of the electronic patient record in the clinical consultation, DeborahSwinglehurst, CeliaRoberts; Chapter 31 Provider–patient communication about complementary and alternative medicine, Evelyn Y.Ho, Christopher J.Koenig; Chapter 32 Negotiation of health, illness, and treatment in Korean Oriental medical discourse, Ki-taeKim; Chapter 33 Midwives’ communicative expertise in obstetric ultrasound encounters, SrikantSarangi, HeidiGilstad; Chapter 34 Genetic counseling in multicultural and multilingual contexts, OlgaZayts, AlisonPilnick; Chapter 35 Interpreting in the healthcare setting, Claudia V.Angelelli; Chapter 36 The contribution of provider–patient communication to health disparities, Carma L.Bylund, Emily B.Peterson; Chapter 37 Analyzing ethics-in-interaction in medical decision-making, EllenBarton, AndrewWinckles; Chapter 38 Physician–patient communication about cancer clinical trials, Richard F.Brown; Chapter 39 Medical interaction analysis systems, LeeEllington, McKenzieCarlisle, MaijaReblin; Chapter 40 Donation solicitation in interaction, Elizabeth M.Bishop;