Healthcare and Patient Communication in the Digital Era - A Patienthood and Patient Perspective

This book provides a social and cultural theoretical framework for the digitalization of healthcare communication from a patient-centered perspective. It will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of Health Communication, Digital Communication, Communication Studies, and Health Sciences.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Communication and ill Health 3. Digitalization of illness: From paternalism to empowerment 4. From the medical gaze to the digital gaze 5. Digitalization of sickness: Renegotiating health citizenship 6. Patienthood and healthcare communication in the digital era

About the author

Sinikka Torkkola is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oulu, Finland.
Anna Sendra Toset is a Project Manager in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Sendra Toset, Sinikka Torkkola, Sinikka Sendra Toset Torkkola
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032857336
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3285733-6
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Routledge Research in Health Communication
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; History, Media Studies, Linguistics, HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Humanities, Communication Studies