Abstract
Chapter 1 introduces the reader to the concept of health communication and defines the basic terms in the field. The sections that follow distinguish health communication from other forms of information dissemination and describe who does it and who they do it to. The organization of the book is also outlined in this chapter.
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Kreps, Gary L., & Barbara C. Thornton. (1992). Health communication: Theory and practice (2nd ed.). Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press.
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(2006). Introduction to Health Communication. In: Health Communication. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26116-8_1
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