Main description:

Communicating to Manage Health and Illness is a valuable resource for those in the field of health and interpersonal communication, public health, medicine, and related health disciplines. This scholarly edited volume advances the theoretical bases of health communication in two key areas: 1) communication, identity, and relationships; and 2) health care provider patient interaction. Chapters aim to underscore the theory that communication processes are a link between personal, social, cultural, and institutional factors and various facets of health and illness. Contributors to the work are respected scholars from the fields of communication, public health, medicine nursing, psychology, and other areas, and focus on ways in which patient identity is communicated in health-related interactions. This book serves as an excellent reference tool and is a substantial addition to health communication literature.

Contents:

Introduction: Communicating to Manage Health and Illness

Daena J. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Lewis and Clark College

Dale E. Brashers, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Chapter 1: Physician-Patient Communication: Psychosocial Care, Emotional Well-Being, And Health Outcomes

Kelly B. Haskard, Ph.D., Texas State University

Summer L. Williams, M.A., University of California at Riverside

M. Robin DiMatteo, Ph.D., University of California at Riverside

Chapter 2: Unexamined Discourse: The Outcomes Movement as a Shift from Internal Medical Assessment to Health Communication

Bernice A. Pescosolido, Ph.D., Indiana University

Thomas W. Croghan, M.D., The Rand Corporation

Joel D. Howell, M.D., University of Michigan

Chapter 3: The Influence of Managed Care on Provider-Patient Interaction

Kevin Real, Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Richard L. Street, Jr., Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Chapter 4: Exploring the Institutional Context of Physicians' Work: Professional and Organizational Differences in Physician Satisfaction

John C. Lammers, Ph.D. University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Joshua B. Barbour, Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Chapter 5: Culture, Communication, and Somatization in Health Care

Howard Waitzkin, M.D., University of New Mexico

Chapter 6: The Theory of Bilingual Health Communication

Elaine Hsieh, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

Chapter 7: Establishing and Defending Doctorability across the Consultation:

Contexts and Practices

John Heritage, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Chapter 8: Keeping the Balance and Monitoring the Self-System: Towards a More Comprehensive Model of Medication Management in Psychiatry.

Bruce Lambert, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Naomi Levy, M. D., N. A. Levy & Associates, Ltd.

Jerome Winer, M.D., University of Illinois at Chicago

Chapter 9: The HIV Social Identity Model

Lance Rintamaki, Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo

Chapter 10: Stories and Silences: Disclosures and Self in Chronic Illness

Kathy Charmaz, Ph.D., Sonoma State University

Chapter 11: Understanding the Helper: The Role of Codependency in Health Care and Health Care Outcomes

Ashley Duggan, Ph.D., Boston College

Beth A. Le Poire, Ph.D., California Lutheran University

Margaret E. Prescott, Ph.D.

Carolyn Shepard Baham, Ph.D.

Chapter 12: Spirituality Provides Meaning and Social Support for Women Living with HIV

Jennifer Peterson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Chapter 13: Multiple Discourses in the Management of Health and Illness: Why Does it Matter?

Roxanne Parrot, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University