| Contents |
Rationale for health communications -- History of health communications -- Key elements and scientific theories -- Cardiovascular disease prevalence and traditional Chinese medicine -- Interpersonal communications -- Health provider and patient types -- Patient and provider communications -- Palliative care -- Caseload and research -- Epidemiological overview -- Research methods for the private clinic. |
| Abstract |
Health Communication in Traditional Chinese Medicine Cardiology presents an overview of health communications including history, cardiovascular prevalence and role of Chinese medicine, interpersonal communications between practitioners and patients, and explores methods in epidemiology to follow symptom, diagnostic, treatment and follow-up patterns in the clinic. The book integrates the role of Chinese medicine in public health efforts, classifying the identity of the practitioner and the needs of certain patient types who require this kind of matching for better health and research methods to help sharpen the focus for specializing practitioners. Identifies the rationale for specializing in cardiovascular Chinese medicine as an important part of current public health needs prepares practitioners to adjust their skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, and to guide patients to do likewise for better health outcomes. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary, viewed on November 25, 2014). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Al-Shura, Anika Niambi. Health communications in traditional Chinese medicine cardiology. Amsterdam : Elsevier AP, [2014] 9780128001257 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780128005439 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 0128005432 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 9781306548250 |
| ISBN | 130654825X |
| Stock number | 586076 MIL |
