Health Communication in Practice A Case Study Approach Book

1	The first three minutes	3
2	Staying out of the line of fire : a medical student learns about bad news delivery	11
3	Problematic discharge from physical therapy : communicating about uncertainty and profound values	27
4	"I want you to put me in the grave with all my limbs" : the meaning of active health participation	39
5	Direct marketing directs health care relationships? : the role of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs in physician-patient communication	53
6	Communication and shared decision making in context : choosing between reasonable options	69
7	Negotiating cancer through communication	81
8	Explanations of illness : a bridge to understanding	95
9	Talking to children about illness	111
10	A treatment team approach : the negotiation of rehabilitation goals for survivors of traumatic brain injury	123
11	Communication accommodation in counseling	135
12	Social identity and stigma management for people living with HIV	145
13	"Every breast cancer is different" : illness narratives and the management of identity in breast cancer	157
14	"They make us miserable in the name of helping us" : communication of persons with visible and invisible disabilities	171
15	Communicating about family history in an age of genomic health care : expanding the role of genetic counseling	183
16	Catching up with Down Syndrome : parents' experiences in dealing with the medical and therapeutic communities	195
17	Grieving families : social support after the death of a loved one	211
18	Negotiating communication challenges while experiencing Alzheimer's disease : the case of one hispanic family	223
19	Finding the right place : social interaction and life transitions among the elderly	233
20	Role negotiation, stress, and burnout : a day in the life of "supernurse"	245
21	Medical care, health insurance, and family resources : complications to otherwise good news	261
22	Enhancing culturally competent health communication : constructing understanding between providers and culturally diverse patients	271
23	The patient in 4 : framing and sense-making in emergency medicine	285
24	Reorganized medical practice : an institutional perspective on neonatal care	297
25	Making empowerment work : medical center soars in satisfaction ratings	311
26	No, everybody doesn't : changing mistaken notions of the extent of drinking on a college campus	325
27	Personal stories and public activism : the implications of Michael J. Fox's public health narrative for policy and perspectives	335
28	Journey of life : a radio soap opera on family planning in Ethiopia	347
29	Narrowing the digital divide to overcome disparities in care	357