The Role of Language in Eastern and Western Health Communication (Paperback, 1)

1. Introduction 2. The methodological approaches and major themes of health communication in Asian contexts 3. Researching doctor-patient interactions in emergency department  4. Researching clinician-to-clinician communication during clinical nurse handovers  5. Researching communication in high-risk clinical settings: The voices of doctors and nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit  6. Researching communication in high-risk clinical settings: Intensive Care Unit (patients’ voices)  7. Researching the teaching of communication practices for medical students 8. Researching communication on end-of-life conversations  9. Researching Traditional Chinese Medicine communication  10. Researching Veterinary Medicine communication  11. Applications from the health communication research  12. Teaching health communication in a Chinese Context: Developing training for clinicians in the Chinese context and ideas for teachers and course designers 13. Conclusion: Closing the gap between research and practice