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Health Communication in Practice
Health Communication in Practice: A Case Study Approach offers a comprehensive examination of the complex nature of health-related communication. This text contains detailed case studies that demonstrate in-depth applications of communication theory in real-life situations. With chapters written by medical practitioners as well as communication scholars, the cases included herein cover a variety of topics, populations, contexts and issues in health communication, including: *provider-recipient communication and its importance to subsequent diagnosis and treatment; *decision-making; *social identity, particularly how people redefine and renegotiate their social identity; *communication dynami...
Chronicity Enquiries: Making Sense of Chronic Illness
This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013. Chronic illness, together with people experiencing or treating it, became almost mute to predominant biomedical narration pervasive in mainstream media, education, medical and pharmaceutical industry. Contributors in this book aim to represent, discuss, and preserve the vanishing voices and stories on chronic illness from dimensions beyond medicine so that we may make sense of chronicity with the diversity it deserves. The book also incorporates research articles which share important stories about chronicity. These stories, same as chronic illness in our world, should not be treated in a ‘standardised’ way. Each reader, we hope, will relate the meanings of chronicity in this book to his or her own world.
Interpersonal Communication
Become a better communicator and keep the conversation going! Written in a conversational style for students living in today′s world of ever-evolving media and new technology, this hands-on skills text puts students at the center of interpersonal communication. To help them become better, more successful communicators, married author team Teri Kwal Gamble and Michael Gamble shed new light on the dynamics of students′ everyday interactions and relationships, and give students the tools they need to develop and cultivate effective communication skills. Using an applied, case-study approach that draws from popular culture and students′ own experiences, Gamble and Gamble go beyond skill bu...
Revising the Curriculum and Co-Curriculum to Engage Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Entering at a critical time in the national dialogue on higher education and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), this edited book presents case studies from six institutions that have successfully enacted curricular change. Pulled from research, state, private, and small colleges as well as various regions of the United States, these case studies cover a range of approaches, including faculty-driven and institution-wide processes, aimed at engaging the entire campus, as well as efforts at the classroom and disciplinary level. Accompanying chapters overview the work, exploring themes and best practices, discuss the current political climate, and offer cutting-edge research on assessment in DEI. An inspiring and practical read for higher education faculty, leaders, and practitioners, this book demonstrates that curricular change is an achievable, worthwhile, and urgently necessary pursuit.
Mind Definition
Welcome to the digital divide—the age where artificial intelligence and software dictate the future of work. Estimates reveal that over 50% of today’s jobs will get completely transformed or cease to exist in the 2020s due to massive levels of automation and the rise of digital platforms. In contrast, new promising roles and skills will emerge, and your time to master the right career principles to succeed in this scenario is now. Mind Definition, Defining MBA Principles for Career Success in the Digital Age brings corporate-level insights into the most promising jobs of the future. The book shows how modern professionals must prepare and strategize for the most rewarding and fulfilling careers of the 21st century.
Managerial Communication
The market-leading Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications equips students with the communication strategies and skills that managers need in today’s workplace. Authors Jennifer R. Veltsos and Geraldine E. Hynes provide a holistic overview of communication supported with a solid research base, and a focus on competencies that lead to managerial and organizational success. The Eighth Edition features new and expanded coverage of timely topics, including remote working, virtual presentations, cultural sensitivity, and crisis communication.
Managerial Communication
A Practical, Strategic Approach to Managerial Communication Managerial Communication: Strategies and Applications focuses on communication skills and strategies that managers need to be successful in today’s workplace. Known for its holistic overview of communication, solid research base, and focus on managerial competencies, this text continues to be the market leader in the field. In the Seventh Edition, author Geraldine E. Hynes and new co-author Jennifer R. Veltsos preserve the book’s strategic perspective and include new updates to reflect the modern workplace. The new edition adds a chapter on visual communication that explains how to design documents, memorable presentations, and impactful graphics. New coverage of virtual teams, virtual presentations, and online communication help students avoid common pitfalls when using technology. "This is probably the best book on Managerial Communication in the market." –Astrid Sheil, California State University San Bernardino
Focus Groups
Physicians, health researchers, and nurses make extensive use of focus groups. Thus, researchers and readers need access to the realm of applications of focus group methodology in the wide variety of medical and health sciences. In this second installment of a two-volume examination of ten recent years (1998-2007) of focus group studies and research literature, author Graham R. Walden turns his attention from the arts, humanities, and non-medical sciences to the medical and health sciences, concentrating on a broad range of studies in books, book chapters, and journal articles that are available in English. Focus Groups, Volume II: A Selective Annotated Bibliography: Medical and Health Scien...
