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ERIC Number: EJ371945
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Exploring (Un)Common Ground: Communication and Literature in a Health Care Setting.
Sharf, Barbara F.; Poirier, Suzanne
Communication Education, v37 n3 p224-36 Jul 1988
Emphasizes the usefulness of integrating communicative and literary analyses to study the symbolic and pragmatic aspects of human relationships. Describes a health care course that teaches practitioner-patient communication through the application of communication theory to literary "case studies." Uses a scene from "The Elephant Man" to illustrate this approach. (MM)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Health Personnel, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interpersonal Communication, Literary Criticism, Literature, Medical Education, Physician Patient Relationship, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Health Communication; Health Educators; Literary Models