Healthcare and Patient Communication in the Dig. Torkkola, Torkkola, Toset,**

Name: Healthcare and Patient Communication in the Dig. Torkkola, Torkkola, Toset,**
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book provides a social and cultural theoretical framework for the digitalization of healthcare communication from a patient-centred perspective.\nThrough empirical case studies, the book outlines the experiences of patients as the digitalization of healthcare communication re-spatializes and re-temporalizes care and reconstructs patienthood and ill health. To demonstrate how changes in communication impacts health and illness, the book examines the digitalization process from three viewpoints. Firstly, it illustrates how the digitalization of illness enhances the availability of information and peer support, which increases patient empowerment. Secondly, it shows how the digitalization of disease transforms signs of disease in a patient\u2019s body into electronic data, increases the\n\nHealthcare and Patient Communication in the Digital Era\nA Patienthood and Patient Perspective\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Roya;