Health Communication Research

LORRAINE D. JACKSON is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. She was a contributor to African-American Orators: A Biocritical Sourcebook (Greenwood, 1996).BERNARD K. DUFFY is Professor of Speech Communication at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Of his four previous books, the two most recent are The Politics of Rhetoric: Richard M. Weaver and the Conservative Tradition (Greenwood, 1993) and Douglas MacArthur: Warrior as Wordsmith (Greenwood, 1997). He is also the co-editor with Halford Ryan of the Great American Orators series for Greenwood Press.

Evaluates the existing research in health communication and suggests new avenues for research.

Evaluates the existing research in health communication and suggests new avenues for research.

PrefaceThe History and Development of the Field of Health Communication by Gary Kreps, Jim Query, and Ellen BonaguroCommunication Research in Medical Education by Gregory MakoulThe Patient/Health Professional Relationship by Teresa L. ThompsonThe Many Cultures of Health Care: Difference, Dominance, and Distance in Physician-Patient Communication by Rebecca J. Cline and Nelya J. McKenziePromoting Adherence to Courses of Treatment: Mutual Collaboration in the Physician-Patient Relationship by M. Robin DiMatteo and Heidi LepperCommunication in Medical Ethics by Lorraine D. Jackson and Bernard K. DuffyOrganizatonal Communication and Healthcare Administration by Robert D. O'Connor, Shriti Hallberg, and Richard MylesHealth Communication and Health Policy by Mary Jo DeeringHealth Education Campaigns by Maria Knight Lapinski and Kim WhiteHealth Images on Television by Nancy SignorielliIndex