Elasticity In Healthcare Communication

Elastic language is a phenomenon in linguistics that refers to how we stretch the meanings of words, depending on the context in which they are used – for example many, about 20, perhaps, could be. This study looks specifically at elastic language in the fields of medicine and healthcare, showing how it is used to serve both the patient's and the professional's needs. It explores the pragmatics and metapragmatics of elasticity in the delivery of online medical information as a way of avoiding miscommunication. Based on data from Chinese and English sources, it takes a cross-cultural perspective, to present an account of harmony and disharmony between professional medical websites and their users. Adding exciting new dimensions to the fields of health communication and pragmatics, it is essential reading for scholars and advanced students in semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis and interactional linguistics, as well as professionals involved in healthcare and communication.

This book presents an international snapshot of communication inhealthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures andtechnological developments influence day to day practice. Brings together a series of papers describing features ofhealthcare interaction in settings in Australasia, the U.S.A,continental Europe and the UK Contains original research data from previously under-studiedsettings including professions allied to medicine,telephone-mediated interactions and secondary care Contributors draw on the established conversation analyticliterature on healthcare interaction and broaden its scope byapplying it to professionals other than doctors in primarycare Examines how issues relating to policy, procedure or technologyare negotiated and managed throughout daily healthcarepractice

Ensure you have the skills to effectively communicate with patients and other healthcare professionals! With its easy-to-read style, Effective Communication for Health Professionals, 2nd edition, is loaded with useful tips and exercises to help you learn the universal (and necessary) practice of communication. This full-color second edition reflects current therapeutic techniques, including Communication Guidelines feature boxes, Words at Work dialogue boxes, added case studies, and all-new content exploring the most current communication tools in the modern health care setting. In addition, interactive exercises on the Evolve companion website encourages you to practice therapeutic communication techniques in real-life situations. UNIQUE! Interactive activities on accompanying Evolve site include a variety of application exercises such as scenarios with voice mail messages and patient/caregiver interviews. Easy-to-read style provides practical information, hints, and tips. Test Your Communication IQ boxes provide you with a short self-assessment test at the beginning of each chapter. Spotlight on Success boxes provide you with useful, practical tips for improving workplace habits and communication. Expanding Critical Thinking boxes provide actual case examples and activities with useful tips to help you apply what you’ve learned to practice. Legal Eagle boxes provide useful tips that focus on honesty, as well as ethical and legal communication between patients and healthcare workers. End-of-chapter questions and exercises help you to use knowledge learned from topics presented in the chapter. NEW! Chapter devoted to cross-cultural communication promotes understanding of care in a diverse workplace NEW! Chapter on diseases and disorders discusses communication with patients experiencing specific physical and mental illnesses and disorders. NEW and UNIQUE! Words at Work dialogue boxes demonstrate actual conversations between healthcare workers and clients. UPDATED! Content reflects the most current communication tools for the modern healthcare setting. NEW! Full-color design and art program promote engagement. NEW and UNIQUE! Communication Guidelines boxes direct you to best practices for the effective exchange of information. NEW! Additional Taking the Chapter to Work case studies demonstrate real-life communication pitfalls and successes.

This is a training manual on communication for healthcare professionals. This text is a practical training manual on communication and how to establish sound, professional, practical, rewarding relationships which will support effective therapy and enhance patient health and morale. General chapters are included on effective communication and developing communication skills and then more focused chapters contain the specifics of dealing with, for example, complaints, critical care, death and dying, grieving relatives and then also written communication, personal communication such as presentat

Health Industry Communication:New Media, New Methods, New Message is a one-of-a-kind textbook and fills a critical gap in the literature for communications students as well as students of health administration and public health. Featuring best practices and case studies from notable practitioners, the chapters offer a 360-degree view of the world of health communication as well as a look at special topics that impact health communicators. Four sections cover over 25 topics--contributed by authors from both private and public health organizations--in Institutional Communication and Marketing, Consumer Communication and Social Marketing, Communication to Achieve Policy Change, and Media and Measurement. Some of the unique topics include “Building a National Brand in Pediatric Healthcare,” contributed by an author from a well-known children's hospital; and a look at efforts to achieve federal policy change through advocacy and communication. Review the complete list of topics at www.jblearning.com, keyword: Hicks.

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the First International Conference, AIBTR 2023, held in Nagpur, India, during September 22–23, 2023. The 7 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The papers contained in this book discuss the application of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering for the Health Care industry.

Language is like a slingshot, stretching for various communicative targets. This book reveals the art of purposive and powerful language stretching.