Communication and Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society

This book provides a rigorous and challenging review of recent research in the realms of communication and cultural diversity. Focusing on health communication interventions concerning service users who may lack fluency in English, it shows that meeting the needs of all health service users depends on both structures and processes of communication.

About the author

Mark Robinson is a Research Fellow at the School of Healthcare Studies, University of Leeds. Research interests include healthcare communication, socio-cultural diversity, ethnicity, and institutional language and interaction. He has previous research experience of intercultural communication in education.

Summary

This book provides a rigorous and challenging review of recent research in the realms of communication and cultural diversity. Focusing on health communication interventions concerning service users who may lack fluency in English, it shows that meeting the needs of all health service users depends on both structures and processes of communication.

Product details

• Authors: Robinson, Mark Robinson, Mark (School of Healthcare Studies Robinson
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781861343413
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-341-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziologie und Anthropologie