CM 255A - Health Communication

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Merrimack College

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Description:

Explores the ways in which communication as symbolic activity affects the form and practice of contemporary health care. Because the provision of quality health care is a human activity central to the maintenance of society, health communication plays a crucial role not only by promoting the effective exchange of medical information, but by helping to shape the very conditions and perceptions that influence how health is practiced. This course addresses what communication has to do with health, and how taking action through communication can contribute productively to the increased humanization of health care institutions and routines. The student will examine the social, cultural, political and rhetorical frames in which communicative exchange about health takes place. Prerequisite: CM 101A or CM 102A or consent of the instructor. Three hours a week.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.merrimack.edu

Phone Number:

(978) 837-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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