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N. Wathen (Ed.) - Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Technical Landscape - 9780230201200 - V9780230201200
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Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Technical Landscape

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Description for Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Technical Landscape Hardback. Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This book examines the ways in which ordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators. Editor(s): Wathen, Nadine; Wyatt, Sally; Harris, Roma. Series: Health Technology and Society. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; MBP; MBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517.
Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This book examines the ways in which ordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators.

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
238
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Series
Health Technology and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230201200
SKU
V9780230201200
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 10 to 12 working days
Ref
99-15

About N. Wathen (Ed.)
NADINE WATHEN is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario. She holds a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award to support her research, which includes: women's health, decision making, intervention research in the area of violence against women, translation and mobilization of research evidence to policy and practice, and projects on ... Read more

Reviews for Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Technical Landscape
'[A] good book...there is plenty here that will be of interest to those involved in making policy and practice decisions in the provision of health care and health information support'. - Sociology of Health and Illness

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