COMM 418 - Health Communication

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Lewis & Clark College

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Description:

Goldsmith Content: Communication about health and in health contexts as a site for examining broader theoretical processes, including identity management, negotiation of power and solidarity, persuasion, and discursive construction and enactment of cultural values and premises. Topics may include communication in personal relationships and social networks regarding health, illness identity and stigma, patient-provider communication, communication in public health campaigns, and representations of health in mass media. Prerequisite: Communication 303 or consent of instructor. Taught: Alternate years, 4 semester credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lclark.edu/

Phone Number:

(503) 768-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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