This collection focuses on communication as a research, education, policy and practice issue for the development and evaluation of health services for older adults. It is intended for those studying communication, geriatrics, life span devel, cog psych...
Provider-Patient Communication in Bilingual Health Care presents an opportunity to lay out a new theoretical framework related to bilingual health care and connects the latest findings from multiple disciplines. This volume lays out future research directions that promise development for both theory..
This book studies communication in institutional eldercare. It is based on audio-recorded interactions between residents and staff in a Japanese care facility. The focus is on the morning care routines, which include getting the residents out of bed and ready for the day. Combining quantitative and ..
This enlightening volume provides first-hand perspectives and ethnographic research on communication at the end of life, a topic that has gone largely understudied in communication literature. Author Elissa Foster’s own experiences as a volunteer hospice caregiver form the basis of the book. Communi..
This edited volume advances the theoretical bases of health communication in two key areas: communication, identity, and relationships; and health care provider patient interaction. Chapters aim to underscore the theory that communication processes are a link between personal, social, cultural, and ..