Communicating About Health Current Issues and Perspectives
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Biografisk notat
Athena du Prè, Ph.D. is a professor of communication and director of the Strategic Communication & Leadership master's degree program and the Health Communication Leadership graduate-level certificate program at the University of West Florida. Her research interests include patient-caregiver communication, coping with health crises, humor and healing, and workplace dynamics. Dr. du Pré is a former journalist and hospital public relations director. She received a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Oklahoma in 1995. Since joining the UWF faculty, she has twice been honored with Distinguished Teaching Awards by the student body. She is also co-author, with Ron Adler and George Rodman, of Oxford's Understanding Human Communication and Essential Communication. Barbara Cook Overton earned a Ph.D. in Health Communication from Louisiana State University and is the author of Unintended Consequences of Electronic Medical Records: An Emergency Room Ethnography (2019).It includes great practical advice and is written at an appropriate level for an undergraduate introductory course. It doesn't presume prerequisites or knowledge of communication" -Lauren Frank, Portland State University
Comprehensive and appealing to students with relevant examples and case studies.
Adrienne Holz Ivory, Virginia Tech
An engaging textbook that includes relevant video examples, real-life examples, and thought-provoking discussion questions that could encourage in-class participation." -Andrea Malterud, George Mason University
This is a great textbook if you want to emphasize how health and social issues are intertwined.
Ben Medeiros, SUNY Plattsburgh
Comprehensive, up to date, sensitive to issues of diversity in health communication…attempts to be non-Eurocentric. It is a great reflection of the broader field of Health Communication as I understand it.
James Olufowote, University of Oklahoma