Communicating health and illness / / Richard Gwyn
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| Autore: |
Gwyn Richard, PhD.
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| Titolo: |
Communicating health and illness / / Richard Gwyn
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : SAGE, 2002 |
| London : , : SAGE, , 2002 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource ([ix], 182 p.) : ill., facsims |
| Disciplina: | 306.461014 |
| Soggetto topico: | Communication in medicine |
| Health in mass media | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Communicating health and illness |
| ISBN: | 1-4129-3230-0 |
| 9786610370009 | |
| 0-7619-6474-6 | |
| 1-280-37000-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811222303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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