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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817785003321

Autore

Jones Rodney H.

Titolo

Health and risk communication : an applied linguistic perspective / / Rodney H. Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-134-07826-9

0-415-67260-0

0-203-52141-2

1-134-07819-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Communication in medicine

Physician and patient

Applied linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Health and Risk Communication; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Transcription conventions; 1 Communicating health and risk; Health and risk in the twenty-first century; The organization of this book; Intellectual roots of an applied linguistic approach; 2 Applied linguistics: discourse in action; Applied linguistics; 'Hearing' voices; Discourse and action; 3 Entextualizing health and risk; Texts and the discursive construction of health and risk; Lexicalization; Grammaticalization; Personalization; Organization; Resemiotization

4 Sites of engagementWhat are we doing?; Who are we being?; Framing and positioning in discussions about risk; 5 Beyond the clinic; What we talk about when we talk about health; Risky interactions; 6 Health, risk, and the entextualized body; Inscription; Narrativization; 7 Virtual bodies; Medical imaging; Electronic medical records; Welcome to you!': the reflexive dimension of virtual bodies; 8 Cultures, communities, and social networks; 'Culture' and health; Health, risk, and 'communities'; Social networks: 'going viral'; 9 Conclusion: discourse itineraries and research itineraries



Opening the circumferenceApplied linguistics as a nexus of practice; Practical applications; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P></P><P><EM>Health and Risk Communication</EM> provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the core issues surrounding health and risk communication from the perspective of applied linguistics. It outlines the ways applied linguistics differs from other methods of understanding health and risk communication, assesses the benefits and limitations of the approaches used by different scholars in the field, and offers an innovative framework for consolidating past research and charting new directions.</P><P></P><P>Utilizing data from clinical interactions and everyday life, this book addre