Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication

<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication</em> consists of forty chapters that provide a broad comprehensive and systematic overview of the role that linguistics plays within health communication research and its applications. </p><p>The <i>Handbook</i> is divided into three sections:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Individuals’ everyday health communication</li> <p> </p> <li>Health professionals’ communicative practices </li> <p> </p> <li>Patient-provider communication in interaction</li> </ul><p>Special attention is given to cross-cutting themes including the role of technology in health communication narrative and observations of authentic naturally-occurring contexts. The chapters are written by international authorities representing a wide range of perspectives and approaches. </p><p>Building on established work with cutting-edge studies on the changing health communication landscape this volume will be an essential reference for all those involved in health communication and applied linguistics research and practice.</p>