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Communicating health

"Communicating Health: A Culture-Centered Approach provides an overview of health communication, focusing especially on the role that culture plays in these contexts. The book assumes no previous knowledge of culture as a concept and introduces readers to key terms and ideas, addressing the ways in which culture shapes, constructs, transforms, and interacts with communication processes related to a variety of health experiences, interactions, and outcomes." "Taken as a whole, Communicating Health provides a comprehensive and stimulating basis for integrating the culture-centered approach into the theorizing and practice of health communication in all areas. Each chapter ties in the discussion of culture to questions of marginalization and access to healthcare. It is the ideal basis for a course or seminar in the area and will be invaluable reading for students, researchers, and practitioners alike."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2008
Polity, Cambridge, UK, 2008
xiii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780745634913, 9780745634920, 0745634915, 0745634923
84151002
Culture in health communication
The culture-centered approach to health communication
Theoretical approaches to the study of culture
Culture, identity, and health
Pathways to curing and healing
Culture and marginalization
Health experiences in marginalized sectors
Culture, social capital, and health
Culture and resistance
Health, culture and globalization
Culture as praxis