Communication in Health Organizations
Julie Apker
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Description for Communication in Health Organizations
Paperback. * Only book to date focusing on communication occurring in health organizations. * Flexibility for use in different health communication courses and class formats. * Breadth of research reviewed applies to exploring communication in multiple health-related disciplines. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTC; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 398.
Communication in Health Organizations explores the communication processes, issues, and concepts that comprise the organization of health care, focusing on the interactions that influence the lives of patients, health professionals, and other members of health institutions. This book integrates scholarship from communication, medicine, nursing, public health, and allied health, to provide a comprehensive review of the research literature.
Communication in Health Organizations explores the communication processes, issues, and concepts that comprise the organization of health care, focusing on the interactions that influence the lives of patients, health professionals, and other members of health institutions. This book integrates scholarship from communication, medicine, nursing, public health, and allied health, to provide a comprehensive review of the research literature.
The author explains the complexities and contingencies of communication in health settings using systems theory, an approach that enhances reader understanding of health organizing. The reader will gain greater familiarity with how health ... Read more
Communication in Health Organizations offers students, researchers, and health practitioners a unique multi-disciplinary perspective that invites stimulating reflection, discussion, and application of communication issues affecting today's health system.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745647555
SKU
V9780745647555
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Julie Apker
Julie Apker is Associate Professor of Communication at Western Michigan University.
Reviews for Communication in Health Organizations
"Julie Apker addresses the landscape of health care environment in a way that captures its complexity and honors the experiences of both providers and patients. Her consideration of contemporary events will help readers to make sense of their professional and personal encounters with health care organizations." Katherine Miller, Texas A&M University "Apker has done an outstanding job in ... Read more