Description
Book Synopsis* Offers a much-needed introduction to communication between providers and patients in the health-care environment. * Written by two leading scholars in this field. * Designed to provide a textbook overview for undergraduate students, with clear use of examples and pedagogical support throughout.
Trade Review"There is something for everyone in this book. It is a useful background text and overview of the current knowledge of the best way for the patient and the provider to communicate with each other in the context of health and illness. The book has an inclusive goal to communicate evidence-based good practice with providers, patients, researchers and caregivers and is to be recommended."
Sociology of Health & IllnessTable of ContentsDedication.
Prologue.
Part 1: Introduction to Patient and Provider Interaction.
1 Patient and Provider Interaction: Introduction.
2 Health Literacy.
Part 2: Characteristics Influencing Patient and Provider Interaction.
3 Patient Characteristics.
4 Provider Characteristics.
5 Caregiving Characteristics.
Part 3: Culture and Identity Influences on Patient and Provider Interaction.
6 Cultural Characteristics.
7 Social Identity.
Part 4: Mediated and Organizational Influences on Patient and Provider Interaction.
8 Social Media.
9 Health Care Organizations and Teams.
Part 5: Patient and Provider Interaction Epilogue.
10 Patient and Provider Interaction: Epilogue.
