{"product_id":"9781032857343","title":"Healthcare and Patient Communication in the Digital Era A Patienthood and Patient Perspective","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Research in Health Communication\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eHealthcare and Patient Communication in the Digital Era\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Patienthood and Patient Perspective\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSinikka Torkkola | Anna Sendra Toset\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage Arts \u0026amp; Disciplines \/ Communication Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a social and cultural theoretical framework for the digitalization of healthcare communication from a patient-centred perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough empirical case studies, the book outlines the experiences of patients as the digitalization of healthcare communication re-spatializes and re-temporalizes care and reconstructs patienthood and ill health. To demonstrate how changes in communication impacts health and illness, the book examines the digitalization process from three viewpoints. Firstly, it illustrates how the digitalization of illness enhances the availability of information and peer support, which increases patient empowerment. Secondly, it shows how the digitalization of disease transforms signs of disease in a patient’s body into electronic data, increases the distance between the disease and the patient, and enables diagnosis without a healthcare professional touching a patient’s body. Finally, it explains how the digitalization of sickness changes the power relations founded in health and reconfigures health citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFilling a theoretical gap in health communication scholarship, this book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of Health Communication, Digital Communication, Communication Studies, and Health Sciences. The book also offers healthcare professionals new perspectives to respond to the increasing communicative duties arising from the digitalization of healthcare communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSinikka Torkkola\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oulu, Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Sendra Toset \u003c\/b\u003eis a Project Manager in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781032857343\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e114\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63772877586572,"sku":"9781032857343","price":30.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781032857343","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}