Communicating Health and Illness

Informationen zum Autor Richard Gwyn is Lecturer and Co-ordinator at the Health Communication Research Centre, Cardiff University Klappentext Gwyn demonstrates the centrality of discourse analysis to an understanding of health and communication. Focussing on language and communication issues he demonstrates that it is possible to observe and analyze patterns in the ways in which health and illness are represented and articulated by both health professionals and lay people. Zusammenfassung Gwyn demonstrates the centrality of discourse analysis to an understanding of health and communication. Focussing on language and communication issues he demonstrates that it is possible to observe and analyze patterns in the ways in which health and illness are represented and articulated by both health professionals and lay people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Body, Disease and Discourse `Lay¿ Talk about Illness Power, Asymmetry and Decision-Making in Medical Encounters The Media, Expert Opinion and Health Scares Metaphors of Sickness and Recovery Narrative and the Voicing of Illness Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Richard Gwyn, Gwyn Richard, Richard Gwynn
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2001
• EAN: 9780761964759
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-6475-9
• No. of pages: 182
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, MEDICAL / Public Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, Public health & preventive medicine, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Public health and preventive medicine, Discourse Analysis;Health Communication