Aims and objectives To investigate the tension between individual and organisational
responses to contemporary demands for compassionate interactions in health care …

Executive summary Planned and unplanned migrations, diverse social practices, and
emerging disease vectors transform how health and wellbeing are understood and …

There is a growing need for a new kind of debate at the intersection of the humanities and
healthcare, health and well-being. In the recent past the field of medical humanities has …

Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks
covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning …

′ This is an excellent book. It has been really helpful with my communication teaching.′
Mrs Sarah Young, Faculty of Health & Social Care, University of The West of England The …

The development of new communication technologies has created a wide variety of new
fields in which human beings can construct identities. The past decade has seen a …

In this article we examine the language of compassion in acute mental health care in the
United Kingdom. Compassion is commonly defined as being sensitive to the suffering of …

Health and Risk Communication provides a critical and comprehensive overview of the core
issues surrounding health and risk communication from the perspective of applied …

ABSTRACT Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions (MCII) is a self-regulation
strategy that combines the strategies mental contrasting (MC) in which individualscontrast a …

The Language of Patient Feedback provides a unique insight into a diverse range of issues
related to healthcare. Through the comprehensive and detailed interrogation of 29 million …