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Health Communication

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-0-387-26116-4

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The effective communication of information on medical conditions and healthy lifestyles has played an important part in the improvement of the health status of the American population. At the same time, it is hard to ignore the negative impact that ineffective communication can have within the healthcare arena.communication. The benefits of good health communication are many, from better relationships between providers and patients to improved treatment compliance to reduced inequities of care.


Subject: Medicine, Health Communication, Public Health, diagnosis, health, health care, healthcare