By: Linda C Lederman (Editor), Gary L Kreps (Foreword by)

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Beyond These Walls is an invaluable collection of foundational and cutting-edge readings from top scholars in the rapidly growing area of health communication. This innovative anthology demonstrates that health care and communication about health often take place at home, at work, at school, and in recreational and social settings--not just in doctors' offices and hospitals.
Editor Linda C. Lederman has compiled essays that--through a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches--investigate the following diverse topics:
* The historical background of health communication
* The development of patient-provider communication as a key object of study
* The prevalence of health promotion and other persuasive messages in public and individual health
* The importance of social support offered inside and outside of traditional medical experiences
* The growing importance of media literacy, particularly in a rapidly expanding information age
* The increasingly relevant relationship between health communication and the organizations that help construct it
* The future of health communication
Other subjects covered include the effects of socio-political and organizational structures on health communication, the impact of the Internet, and narrative as a significant conceptual approach to understanding health and illness.
Individual chapter introductions draw students' attention to key points in each reading, and discussion questions--designed to encourage critical thinking--follow each article. A unique topical matrix, which identifies relevant subject categories in each chapter, places the research within the larger context of health communication.

Foreword by Gary Kreps Preface: To the Instructor Acknowledgements Linda Costigan Lederman: Introductory Overview: Thinking Outside the Boundaries that Divide About the Contributors Health Communication Grid Part I: Health Communication: History and Contemporary Challenges Gary L. Kreps, Jim L. Query, Jr., and Ellen W. Bonaguro: 1. The Interdisciplinary Study of Health Communication and Its Relationship to Communication Science Katherine Miller and Daniel J. Ryan: 2. Communication in the Age of Managed Care: Introduction to the Special Issue Russell C. Coile, Jr.: 3. E-Health: Reinventing Healthcare in the Information Age Barbara F. Sharf and Marsha L. Vanderford: 4. Illness Narratives and the Social Construction of Health Part II: Patient Provider Communication Annette Harres: 5. 'But Basically You're Feeling Well, Are You?': Tag Questions in Medical Consultations Krista Hirschmann: 6. Blood, Vomit, and Communication: The Days and Nights of an Intern on Call Donald J. Cegala and Deborah Socha McGee with Kelly S. McNeilis: 7. Components of Patients' and Doctors' Perceptions of Communication Competence During a Primary Care Medical Interview Alex Broom: 8. Virtually Healthy: The Impact of Internet Use on Disease Experience and the Doctor-Patient Relationship Patricia Flynn Weitzman and Eban A. Weitzman: 9. Promoting Communication With Older Adults: Protocols for Resolving Interpersonal Conflict and for Enhancing Interactions With Doctors Laura L. Ellingson and Patrice M. Buzzanell: 10. Listening to Women's Narratives of Breast Cancer Treatment: A Feminist Approach to Patient Satisfaction with Physician-Patient Communication Part III: The Changing Role of Patients in Health Care Rajiv N. Rimal, Scott C. Ratzan, Paul Arntson, and Vicki S. Freimuth: 11. Reconceptualizing the 'Patient': Health Care Promotion as Increasing Citizens' Decision-Making Competencies Michael Hardey: 12. 'E-Health': The Internet and the Transformation of Patients Into Consumers and Producers of Health Knowledge Merle H. Mishel: 13. Uncertainty in Illness Part IV: Health Communication in Organizations, Groups, and Teams Laura L. Ellingson: 14. Interdisciplinary Health Care: Teamwork in the Clinic Backstage Julie S. Abramson and Terry Mizrahi: 15. When Social Workers and Physicians Collaborate: Positive and Negative Interdisciplinary Experiences Part V: Beyond Health Care Providers: Social Support Rebecca W. Tardy and Claudia L. Hale: 16. Bonding and Cracking: The Role of the Informal, Interpersonal Networks in Health Care Decision Making Christine S. Davis and Kathleen A. Salkin: 17. Sisters and Friends: Dialogue and Multivocality in a Relational Model of Sibling Disability Stephen M. Haas: 18. Social Support as Relationship Maintenance in Gay Male Couples Coping With HIV or AIDS Part VI: Health Promotion Kim Witte: 19. Putting the Fear Back Into Fear Appeals: The Extended Parallel Process Model Linda C. Lederman, Lea P. Stewart, Fern Walter Goodhart, and Lisa Laitman: 20. A Case Against 'Binge' as the Term of Choice: Convincing College Students to Personalize Messages About Dangerous Drinking Michael Pfau, Steve Von Bockern and Jong Geun Kang: 21. Use of Inoculation to Promote Resistance in Smoking Initiation Among Adolescents Michelle Miller-Day and Jacqueline M. Barnett: 22. 'I'm Not a Druggie': Adolescents' Ethnicity and (Erroneous) Beliefs About Drug Use Norms Nurit Guttman: 23. Ethical Dilemmas in Health Campaigns Part VII: Media Literacy and Health Issues Kristen Harrison: 24. Television Viewers' Ideal Body Proportions: The Case of the Curvaceously Thin Woman Linda C. Lederman, Joshua B. Lederman, and Robert D. Kully: 25. Believing Is Seeing: The Co-Construction of Everyday Myths in the Media About College Drinking Mollyann Brodie, Nina Kjellson, Tina Hoff, and Molly Parker: 26. Perceptions of Latinos, African Americans, and Whites on Media as a Health Information Source Linda C. Lederman, Marianne LeGreeo, Tara J. Schuwerk, and Emily T. Cripe: A Final Word: Framing the Future of Health Communication

ISBN: 9780195332506
ISBN-10: 0195332504
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 408
Published: 1st May 2007
Dimensions (cm): 23.368 x 17.78  x 2.286
Weight (kg): 0.736