The Routledge Handbook of Health Communication brings together the current body of scholarly work in health communication. With its expansive scope, it offers an introduction for those new to this area, summarizes work for those already learned in the area, and suggests avenues for future research on the relationships between communicative processes and health/health care delivery.

Table of Contents

• Foreword Barbara Korsch
• Preface
• The Contributors
• SECTION I Introduction
• 1 Multidisciplinary, Interdisciplinary, and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Health Communication: Where Do We Draw the Lines? Roxanne Parrott and Matthew W. Kreuter
• 2 Building Health Communication Theories in the 21st Century Austin S. Babrow and Marifran Mattson
• 3 Narrative Turns Epic: Continuing Developments in Health Narrative Scholarship Barbara F. Sharf, Lynn M. Harter, Jill Yamasaki, and Paul Haidet
• SECTION II Delivery Systems of Formal Care
• 4 How Medical Interaction Shapes and Reflects the Physician-Patient Relationship Debra L. Roter and Judith A. Hall
• 5 Beyond Primary Care Providers: A Discussion of Health Communication Roles and Challenges for Health Care Professionals and Others Margaret F. Clayton and Lee Ellington
• 6 Telemedicine: Reviewing the Past, Looking Toward the Future Pamela Whitten, David Cook, and Jennifer Cornacchione
• 7 Health Care Teams: Communication and Effectiveness Kevin Real and Marshall Scott Poole
• 8 Working Well: Reconsidering Health Communication at Work Patricia Geist-Martin and Jennifer A. Scarduzio
• 9 Relationship Building and Situational Publics: Theoretical Approaches Guiding Today's Health Public Relations Linda Aldoory and Lucinda Austin
• 10 Theory and Practice in Risk Communication: A Review of the Literature and Visions for the Future Monique Mitchell Turner, Christine Skubisz, and Rajiv N. Rimal
• SECTION III Health [Misinformation Sources
• 11 Health Information Seeking Ezequiel M. Galarce, Shoba Ramanadhan, and K. Viswanath
• 12 Online Health Information: Conceptual Challenges and Theoretical Opportunities S. Shyam Sundar, Ronald E. Rice, Hyang-Sook Kim, and Chris N. Sciamanna
• 13 Developing Effective Media Campaigns for Health Promotion Kami J. Silk, Charles K. Atkin, and Charles T. Salmon
• 14 International Health Communication Campaigns in Developing Countries Anthony J. Roberto, Lisa Murray-Johnson, and Kim Witte
• 15 Social Marketing: Its Meaning, Use, and Application for Health Communication Timothy Edgar, Julie E. Volkman, and Alison M. B. Logan
• 16 Popular Media and Health: Images and Effects Kimberly N. Kline
• 17 Advertising in Health Communication: Promoting Pharmaceuticals and Dietary Supplements to U.S. Consumers Denise E. DeLorme, Jisu Huh, Leonard N. Reid, and Soontae An
• SECTION IV Mediators and Moderators of Care and Understanding
• 18 Explaining Illness: Issues Concerning the Co-Construction of Explications Teresa L. Thompson, Bryan B. Whaley, and Anne M. Stone
• 19 Integrating Health Literacy in Health Communication Kenzie A. Cameron, Michael S. Wolf, and David W. Baker
• 20 Culture, Communication, and Health: A Guiding Framework Mohan J. Dutta and Ambar Basu
• 21 Social Support, Social Networks, and Health Daena J. Goldsmith and Terrance L. Albrecht
• 22 Computer-Mediated Social Support: Promises and Pitfalls for Individuals Coping with Health Concerns Kevin B. Wright, Amy Janan Johnson, Daniel R. Bernard, and Joshua Averbeck
• 23 Insights about Health from Family Communication Theories Loretta L. Pecchioni and Maureen P. Keeley
• 24 Everyday Interpersonal Communication and Health Rebecca J. Welch Cline
• SECTION V [Un]intended Outcomes of Health Communication
• 25 Patient-Centered Communication during Collaborative Decision Making Mary Politi and Richard L. Street, Jr.
• 26 Provider-Patient Interaction and Related Outcomes Ashley P. Duggan and Teresa L. Thompson
• 27 Stress, Burnout, and Supportive Communication: A Review of Research in Health Organizations Eileen Berlin Ray and Julie Apker
• 28 Life Span and End-of-Life Health Communication Joy Goldsmith, Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles, Sandra Ragan, and Jon F. Nussbaum
• 29 Stigma, Communication, and Health Rachel A. Smith
• 30 Communication and Health Disparities Khadidiatou Ndiaye, Janice L. Krieger, Jennifer R. Warren, and Michael L. Hecht
• 31 Health Communication and Health Information Technology: Priority Issues, Policy Implications, and Research Opportunities for Healthy People 2020 Linda M. Harris, Cynthia Baur, Molla S. Donaldson, R. Craig Lefebvre, Emily Dugan, and Sean Arayasirikul
• SECTION VI Methods in Health Communication
• 32 Conversation Analysis and Health Communication Jeffrey D. Robinson
• 33 Social Networks and Health Communication Thomas W. Valente
• 34 Qualitative Methods: Bridging the Gap between Research and Daily Practice Athena du Pré and Sonia J. Crandall
• 35 Community Organizing Research Approaches James W. Dearing, Bridget Gaglio, and Borsika A. Rabin
• 36 Advancing Health Communication Research: Issues and Controversies in Research Design and Data Analysis Michael T. Stephenson, Brian G. Southwell, and Marco Yzer
• 37 Using New Technologies to Enhance Health Communication Research Methodology Susan E. Morgan, Andy J. King, and Rebecca K. Ivic
• SECTION VII Overarching Issues in Health Communication
• 38 Translating Health Communication Research into Practice: The Influence of Health Communication Scholarship on Health Policy, Practice, and Outcomes Gary L. Kreps
• 39 (Re)Viewing Health Communication and Related Interdisciplinary Curricula: Towards a Transdisciplinary Perspective Nichole Egbert, James L. Query Jr., Margaret M. Quinlan, Carol A. Savery, and Amanda R. Martinez
• 40 Ethics in Communication for Health Promotion in Clinical Settings and Campaigns: New Challenges and Enduring Dilemmas Nurit Guttman