Exploring Health Communication: Language in Action

Part I: Spoken Health Communication 1. The practitioner-patient relationship: Doctor-patient encounters 2. Spoken interaction between non-physician personnel and patients 3. Patients' narratives of health and illness Part II: Written Health Communication 4. The patient record 5. Print media representations of health 6. The patient information leaflet Part III: Computer-mediated health communication 7. Electronic health communication: peer-to-peer online interaction 8. Seeking online help from health professionals