Against the background of debates about expanding HIV testing and counseling, we
summarize the evidence on the social and behavioral dimension of testing and its …

In this chapter, we address, selectively, how applied linguists and those concerned with
discourse analysis in particular, have recently approached the study of health care …

Language and Creativity has become established as a pivotal text for courses in English
Language, Linguistics and Literacy. Creativity in language has conventionally been …

Teaching & Researching Translation provides an authoritative and critical account of the
main ideas and concepts, competing issues, and solved and unsolved questions involved in …

Background: Despite advances in testing and treatment, HIV incidence rates within
European countries are at best stable or else increasing. mHealth technology has been …

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

The basis for this special issue was a colloquium on professional discourse held within a
conference at the University of Gent in August 2000 on the theme of Text and Talk in the …

In reaction to polarised views on the benefits or drawbacks of digital health, the notion of
'ambivalence'has recently been proposed as a means to grasp the nuances and …

This special issue identifies three interrelated constructs-discourse, expertise, and the
definition and management of risk-located in various health care sites: genetic counseling …

The established social critique of compliance was written in the late 1970s and early 1980s
by a group of sociologists and anthropologists. Drawing on a humanist perspective, it …