TITLE Health Communication : A Selected , Annotated Bibliography

Selected on the basis of their clarity, comprehensiveness, and representativeness within the health communication field of study, the items in this annotated bibliography are intended for use by those wishing to develop health communication educational programs or conduct health communication research. The 42 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) doctor-patient communication, (2) interpersonal and intercultural communications training for health service workers, (3) the role of communication specialists in improving the quality of health care, (4) health communication research, (5) communication in health care organizations, (6) the impact of intercultural communication on the health care needs of different cultural groups, (7) communicating with the elderly, (8) teaching norm sensitivity to nurses, (9) teaching interviewing proficiencies to health care professionals, (10) communication in medical therapeutics, (11) the interdisciplinary health care team in health care practice, (12) communication in health care counseling, (13) the relationship between communication and mental health, and (14) interdisciplinary theories of human communication. (RBW) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************