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Health Communication and the Medical Humanities: A Case-Based Learning Approach book cover

1st Edition

Health Communication and the Medical Humanities A Case-Based Learning Approach

By Shelby Forbes, Michael K. Seifert Copyright 2027
170 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

170 Pages 46 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Drawing upon actual case studies, this book introduces readers to how everyday interactions in the clinic can foster trust and impact diagnoses and reveals how often-overlooked communication processes fundamentally shape healthcare delivery and outcomes. The book treats communication not as a box to be checked or a skill to be mastered, but as a force that shapes provider and patient... Read more

1. Case-Based Learning in Health Communication and the Medical Humanities: Rethinking Clinical Care  

2. Intercultural Communication in the Clinic and Beyond  

3. Identity in Interaction: Naming, Knowing, and the Language of Clinical Care  

4. Disseminating Information and Building Relationships: The Report and Rapport Functions of Communication  

5. Communicating within Organizations: Hierarchies, Handoffs, and the Hidden Curriculum  

6. Delivering Care in the Digital Age  

7. Navigating Conversations at End of Life: The Final Word  

8. Towards an Integrated, Interdisciplinary, and Collaborative Global Health Communication Paradigm  

Biography

Shelby Forbes is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Social Medicine within the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

Michael K. Seifert is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

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