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Communication and Health in a Multi-ethnic Society
Dr Robinson
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Description for Communication and Health in a Multi-ethnic Society
Paperback. This book provides a rigorous and challenging review of recent research in the realms of communication and cultural diversity. Focusing on health communication interventions concerning service users who may lack fluency in English, it shows that meeting the needs of all health service users depends on both structures and processes of communication. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JH; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 351.
Communication and cultural diversity have become key focus areas as the health service engages with goals of health improvement and equity. This timely and unique book provides a rigorous and challenging review of recent research, with a particular focus on health communication interventions concerning service users who may lack fluency in English. The book shows that meeting the needs of all health service users, including disadvantaged groups, depends on both structures and processes of communication. This book will prove invaluable to healthcare professionals and medical students, academics, practitioners, service managers and policy makers concerned with improving health services for ... Read more
Communication and cultural diversity have become key focus areas as the health service engages with goals of health improvement and equity. This timely and unique book provides a rigorous and challenging review of recent research, with a particular focus on health communication interventions concerning service users who may lack fluency in English. The book shows that meeting the needs of all health service users, including disadvantaged groups, depends on both structures and processes of communication. This book will prove invaluable to healthcare professionals and medical students, academics, practitioners, service managers and policy makers concerned with improving health services for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861343413
SKU
V9781861343413
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Ref
99-50
About Dr Robinson
Mark Robinson is a Research Fellow at the School of Healthcare Studies, University of Leeds. Research interests include healthcare communication, socio-cultural diversity, ethnicity, and institutional language and interaction. He has previous research experience of intercultural communication in education.
Reviews for Communication and Health in a Multi-ethnic Society
"... a useful book for those involved in developing health services." Health Expectations "This well-written, researched and presented book sets out to present a summary of recent research findings regarding service users who lack fluency in English." Child Language Teaching and Therapy