Worse Than Ignorance - The Challenge of Health Misinformation

"This Element presents a systematic picture of how health communication failures pose risks for patients and healthcare professionals. The problem brings us back to a perennial question-what are good reasons for knowing one is right? This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--

List of contents

Preface; Introduction: The Problem of Knowledge Failures in Health; 1. The Growth of Health Misinformation; 2. What does it mean to be Misinformed?; 3. Patterns of Health Knowledge Failure; 4. Addressing Knowledge Failures; 5. The Doctor-Patient Relationship and Misinformation Management.

Summary

This Element presents a systematic picture of how health communication failures pose risks for patients and healthcare professionals. The problem brings us back to a perennial question—what are good reasons for knowing one is right? This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Kent Nakamoto, Peter J. Schulz, Peter J. (University of Lugano and Nanyang Schulz, Schulz Peter J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2024
• EAN: 9781009289528
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928952-8
• No. of pages: 90
• Series: Elements in Health Communication
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Media Studies, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Public health & preventive medicine, Disinformation and misinformation, Public health and preventive medicine