Discoveries of Medically Themed Media (eBook)

Pediatric Patients and Parents' Journeys of Sense-making

Heather A. Stilwell (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
118 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-5199-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Through fourteen medical narratives of pediatric patients and their families, this book analyzes how one makes sense of difficult medical journeys.

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Discoveries of Medically Themed Media: Pediatric Patients and Parents' Journeys of Sense-making examines the information needs and sense-making processes of pediatric patients through ethnographic accounts of 14 children undergoing craniofacial, neurological, and neurosurgical treatment. It contends that children rely on information-much of which is not delivered in an age-appropriate manner but rather geared toward adults-for the navigation of their medical experiences, and proposes medically themed media as a significant avenue by which greater understanding and sense-making are possible for pediatric patients.

Autor

Heather A. Stilwell is assistant professor of communication arts at California Baptist University.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Lexington Studies in Health Communication
• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 10 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Communication • Healthcare • Health Sciences • medical practice • nursing • Psychology • Social Work
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-5199-8 / 1498551998
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-5199-1 / 9781498551991