Communicating to Manage Health and Illness

Dale E. Brashers is the David L. Swanson Professorial Scholar and Head of the Department of Communication and Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He has received the National Communication Association Golden Anniversary Monograph Award, the International Communication Association Young Scholar Award, and the National Communication Association Outstanding Health Communication Article Award. His work has been published in Communication Monographs, Health Communication, Human Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, AIDS Care, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, and in numerous edited books.Daena J. Goldsmith is Professor of Communication at Lewis and Clark College. She has professional affiliations with the National Communication Association, International Communication Association, and International Association for Relationships Research. Her scholarly interests include interpersonal communication, health communication, social support, self-disclosure, gender, and culture. Her current research focuses on couples in which one person is coping with a chronic health condition such as heart disease, cancer, or HIV. Her book, Communicating Social Support, was published in 2004, and her research has appeared in Communication Monographs, Human Communication Research, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Health Communication, and Communication Yearbook.

• Introduction: Communicating to Manage Health and IllnessDaena J. Goldsmith, Ph.D., Lewis and Clark CollegeDale E. Brashers, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana- ChampaignChapter 1: Physician-Patient Communication: Psychosocial Care, Emotional Well-Being, And Health Outcomes Kelly B. Haskard, Ph.D., Texas State UniversitySummer L. Williams, M.A., University of California at RiversideM. Robin DiMatteo, Ph.D., University of California at RiversideChapter 2: Unexamined Discourse: The Outcomes Movement as a Shift from Internal Medical Assessment to Health Communication Bernice A. Pescosolido, Ph.D., Indiana UniversityThomas W. Croghan, M.D., The Rand CorporationJoel D. Howell, M.D., University of MichiganChapter 3: The Influence of Managed Care on Provider-Patient InteractionKevin Real, Ph.D., University of KentuckyRichard L. Street, Jr., Ph.D., Texas A&M University Chapter 4: Exploring the Institutional Context of Physicians’ Work: Professional and Organizational Differences in Physician Satisfaction John C. Lammers, Ph.D. University of IL at Urbana-ChampaignJoshua B. Barbour, Ph.D., Texas A&M UniversityChapter 5: Culture, Communication, and Somatization in Health CareHoward Waitzkin, M.D., University of New MexicoChapter 6: The Theory of Bilingual Health CommunicationElaine Hsieh, Ph.D., University of OklahomaChapter 7: Establishing and Defending Doctorability across the Consultation: Contexts and PracticesJohn Heritage, Ph.D., University of California, Los AngelesChapter 8: Keeping the Balance and Monitoring the Self-System: Towards a More Comprehensive Model of Medication Management in Psychiatry.Bruce Lambert, Ph.D., University of Illinois at ChicagoNaomi Levy, M. D., N. A. Levy & Associates, Ltd.Jerome Winer, M.D., University of Illinois at ChicagoChapter 9: The HIV Social Identity ModelLance Rintamaki, Ph.D., SUNY BuffaloChapter 10: Stories and Silences: Disclosures and Self in Chronic IllnessKathy Charmaz, Ph.D., Sonoma State UniversityChapter 11: Understanding the Helper: The Role of Codependency in Health Care and Health Care OutcomesAshley Duggan, Ph.D., Boston CollegeBeth A. Le Poire, Ph.D., California Lutheran UniversityMargaret E. Prescott, Ph.D.Carolyn Shepard Baham, Ph.D. Chapter 12: Spirituality Provides Meaning and Social Support for Women Living with HIVJennifer Peterson, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at MilwaukeeChapter 13: Multiple Discourses in the Management of Health and Illness: Why Does it Matter?Roxanne Parrot, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University