Health Care Communication

Catalog description

This course allows students to investigate the nature of health communication. Specifically, through readings, in-class lecture, discussion, assignments, and experiential activities, this class will explore the theory, skills, and technology associated with communicating in various care contexts. This includes communication among providers, family caregivers, patients, health care organizations, and in mediated messages in the marketing and promotion of health information and the politics of health care. We will examine the interpersonal, narrative, and translational aspects of health and health care.