Title
Social Identity and Health Contexts
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Description
The purpose of this chapter is to take an intergroup communication perspective as applicable to health care contexts. This chapter will first outline the major tenets of social identity for patients and providers in health care contexts, provide a typology of the role of illness on identity and communication in health care, followed by a brief application of a case study of social identity and mental health to shed light on the function of important intergroup communication theoretical constructs existing in health care communication contexts.
ISBN
978-1-4331-0398-8
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Peter Lang
Keywords
social identity, health
Disciplines
Cognitive Psychology | Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychology
Recommended Citation
Villagran, M. M., & Sparks, L. (2010). Social identity and health contexts. In H. Giles, S. Reid, & J. Harwood (Eds.), The dynamics of intergroup communication (pp.235-248). New York & Berlin: Peter Lang.
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Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Comments
In H. Giles, S. Reid, & J. Harwood (Eds.), The Dynamics of Intergroup Communication. Dr. Sparks' chapter begins on page 235. This text is only partially available through the link provided; some pages are not provided.