Preface
How to Use This Book
I PROVIDER COMMUNICATION
1 Learning to Talk Like a Health Care Provider
Key topics: narrative, nonverbal communication behaviors, and feedback
2 See One, Do One, Teach One
Key topics: provider education, building trust, and continuous communication
3 The Biomedical Model
Key topics: provider education, nonverbal communication, relationship building, and developing trust
4 The Biopsychosocial Model
Key topics: provider education, hostile communication, and listening
5 Autonomy Is a Myth
Key topics: phone conversations, denotative meaning, connotative meaning, and power
6 Bad News
Key topics: family communication, empathic listening, and health literacy
7 Closings
Key topics: closing conversations, nonverbal behaviors, and power sharing
8 Follow-Up
Key topics: interpersonal relationships and communication context
9 I've Got the License, So We're Doing It My Way
Key topics: leadership communication and negotiation
10 I Just Need to Put Your Information in the Computer
Key topics: electronic medical/health records and noise in the channel
II PATIENT COMMUNICATION
11 What's Wrong With Me?
Key topics: noise in communication channels and anxious patients
12 I Understand
Key topics: health literacy and miscommunication
13 It's Been 2 Hours
Key topics: humor and communication context
14 I Have an STD?
Key topics: gendered communication and risk communication
15 Why Do I Have to Wait for an MRI?
Key topics: self-disclosure and patient empowerment
16 I'm Feeling Better, But ...
Key topics: gender communication and miscommunication
17 We Don't Know What to Do
Key topics: geriatric communication and noise in the communication channel
18 I Hurt My Back
Key topics: stereotyping and verbal aggression
19 I Need a Generic
Key topics: social realities and relationship building
20 The Nurses Paid More Attention to the Computer Than They Did to Me
Key topics: nonverbal communication and role perceptions
III THE MEDIA AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION
21 Erectile Dysfunction
Key topics: emotional communication and self-disclosure
22 I've Got a Defibrillator
Key topics: media communication and active listening
23 I Saw This Ad on Television
Key topics: gender communication, direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, and negotiation
24 Education or Promotion?
Key topics: organizational communication and ethics
25 How About Cereal for My Cholesterol?
Key topics: compromise, empowerment, and empathic listening
26 Are Vaccines Safe?
Key topics: communicating with parents and written communication
27 The Billboard Said CyberKnife Was the Best Way to Go
Key topics: patient education and trust
28 We Need to Improve Our Press Ganey Scores
Key topics: organizational communication and public relations
29 You Posted What on Facebook?
Key topics: organizational communication and ethics
IV THE ROLE OF THIRD PARTIES IN HEALTH COMMUNICATION
30 How Safe Are Generics?
Key topics: organizational communication and patient empowerment
31 I Can't Work
Key topics: third-party communication and trust
32 You'll Feel Better Recovering at Home
Key topics: communication roles and ethics
33 I Only Have 9 Minutes or So
Key topics: nonverbal communication, listening, and feedback
34 Why Don't You Tell Me About It?
Key topics: family communication, trust, and health literacy
35 We'll Have You Come Back for the Stress Test
Key topics: patient-centric behaviors and economics
V CULTURE AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION
36 We Just Need to Get Through the Chemo
Key topics: end-of-life communication and family communication
37 No Hablo Español
Key topics: intercultural communication and information sharing
38 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Key topics: organizational communication and family communication
39 When Can My Employee Return to Work?
Key topics: negotiation and ethics
40 Please Take Off Your Clothes and Put on This Gown
Key topics: intercultural communication and ethics
41 Don't Tell My Wife She's Dying
Key topics: end-of-life communication and nonverbal behaviors
42 What's an Interdisciplinary Meeting?
Key topics: organizational communication and team communication
43 Quality of Life Versus Disease Management
Key topics: education, palliative care, and end-of-life communication
44 Why Am I Not Seeing a Doctor?
Key topics: building trust and education
45 I Shouldn't Have to Wait; I Have Insurance
Key topics: education and intercultural communication
Index