COMM 423 - Health Communication

Units: 4

Provides a broad introduction to human communication as applied to issues of human health. This course will develop understanding of how communication functions to facilitate or inhibit the practices of health and health care in a variety of contexts. Covers: provider-client communication, provider-provider communication and education, intercultural health communication, alternative medicine, health ethics, mass media health images, and compliance.
Division: Upper Division
Requisites: Corequisite: COMM 105
Permission to enroll: No Special Consent Required
Grading mode: Mandatory Letter Grade
Weekly: Lecture 4 hrs.
Possible Instruction Mode(s): In Person, Hybrid, Online

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