Mediating Health Information: The Go-Betweens in a Changing Socio-Technical Landscape

Wathen, N.; Wyatt, S.; Harris, R.

Welcome or not, most citizens in Western countries are unable to go through a day without receiving a dose of health information. This book examines the ways in which ordinary people locate and digest the amount of health information available today, focusing on the unexplored 'middle' place of human and technical mediators.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-08-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230201200

DOI: 10.1057/9780230227323

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 218.0