Explaining Illness by Bryan B Whaley

Explaining Illness by Bryan B Whaley

This volume studies the explanation of illness in various cultural and social contexts. It is essential reading for scholars and practitioners in health communication and health care fields, including nursing, public health, and medicine.

"This thoroughly researched work should be of great benefit to all students in the health professions, and especially to medical students who are about to meet their first patientsWhaley has done an excellent job of editing the content of the 14 chapters, all written by different authors."
—CHOICE

"As interests in how illness is communicated in America converge from multiple domains of inquiry, this monograph can provide a solid groundwork for anyone serious about health communication research in the past, present, and future."
—Communication Booknotes Quarterly

"This book reviews research and discusses the theoretical issues associated with explaining illness to patients, with a focus on the needs of specific subgroups of patients....this book contributes to the literature by providing a number of comprehensive reviews of contemporary research....What distinguishes this book from the other literature in the field is its concentration on specific patient populations, especially with concern to ethnic minorities."
—Social Science and Medicine

"From the extensive literature reviews, compelling theoretical arguments, and potentially significant suggestions for application and practice woven throughout the book, it is clear that this will be a pivotal contribution to the field of health communication....This is the kind of 'state of the art' volume that will help to set the agenda for health communication scholars and will be cited for the ways in which it crystallizes the issues and envisions new kinds of questions....This book will be of interest as a scholarly text for advanced students of health communication and a reference work for researchers across the social, behavioral, and health sciences."
—Health Communication

"This edited work brings together a diverse body of research on explaining illness that has not previously been drawn together. This is a significant accomplishment....In my opinion, Whaley's edited text on Explaining Illness is an excellent compilation of a diverse set of research in this important area of language inquiry. It will be useful to academics and practitioners alike. I eagerly anticipate the next volume in this area of inquiry."
—Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Bryan B. Whaley (Ph.D., Purdue University) is Professor of Communication, and Clinical Research Associate in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at University of San Francisco. His research concerns linguistic factors related to explaining illness and complex health-related information, the function and design of interpersonal messages to patients, and language/message variables in social influence.

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ISBN 13	9780805831122
ISBN 10	0805831126
Title	Explaining Illness
Author	Bryan B Whaley
Series	Routledge Communication Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	1999-11-01
Number of pages	376
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