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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811222303321

Autore

Gwyn Richard, PhD.

Titolo

Communicating health and illness / / Richard Gwyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2002

London : , : SAGE, , 2002

ISBN

1-4129-3230-0

9786610370009

0-7619-6474-6

1-280-37000-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ([ix], 182 p.) : ill., facsims

Disciplina

306.461014

Soggetti

Communication in medicine

Health in mass media

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Key to Transcription Symbols -- Introduction -- 1 The Body, Disease and Discourse -- 2 'Lay' Talk about Health and Illness -- 3 Power, Asymmetry and Decision Making in Medical Encounters -- 4 The Media, Expert Opinion and Health Scares -- 5 Metaphors of Sickness and Recovery -- 6 Narrative and the Voicing of Illness -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Richard Gwyn demonstrates the centrality of discourse analysis to an understanding of health and communication.