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Journal of Applied Communication
Volume 35(2), 2007

 
CONTENTS
 
Gibson, Timothy A. Warning -- the existing media system may be toxic to your health: Health communication and the politics of media reform. 125-132
 
  Our physical health depends, at least in part, upon the health of our media environment 
 
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health
broadcasting and media
radio
 
 
Gill, Elizabeth A., and Babrow, Austin S. To hope or to know: Coping with uncertainty and ambivalence in women's magazine breast cancer articles. 133-155
 
  Breast cancer is one of the most feared diseases in contemporary Western society 
 
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health
gender
print journalism
interpersonal
 
 
Scholl, Juliann C. The use of humor to promote patient-centered care. 156-176
 
  Medical practitioners and scholars are increasingly seeing the need for patient-centered care (PCC) which emphasizes both medical and emotional needs, patients' reasons for seeking care, and the enhancement of the patient-provider relationship 
 
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health
humor
 
 
Sparks, Lisa, Villagran, Melinda M., Parker-Raley, Jessica, and Cunningham, Cory B. A patient-centered approach to breaking bad news: Communication guidelines for health care providers. 177-196
 
  This investigation takes a patient-centered approach to examining strategies physicians use to deliver bad news to patients 
 
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health
 
 
Rains, Stephen A. The anonymity effect: The influence of anonymity on perceptions of sources and information on health websites. 197-214
 
  The study reported here examined the influence of anonymous sources on health websites on the perceptions and attitudes of information seekers 
 
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health
cognition
privacy
persuasion