Communicating Health and Illness

ISBN-13: 9780761964742 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 182 str.

Richard Gwynn; Richard Gwyn

Opis

Gwyn demonstrates the centrality of discourse analysis to an understanding of health and communication. Focussing on language and communication issues he demonstrates that it is possible to observe and analyze patterns in the ways in which health and illness are represented and articulated by both health professionals and lay people.