Some of these articles will be assigned throughout the semester. Note that they can be found online by accessing our library's 'article databases.' Search for the

following full-text articles at the Communication and Mass Media Complete' database at our library:

Dean B. Ellis Library

Anderson, J., & Martin, P. (2003).  Narratives and healing: exploring one family’s

stories of cancer survivorship. Health Communication, 15, 133-143.

Baxter, L., Hirokawa, J., Nathan, P., & Pearce, L. (2004). Dialogic voices in talking about drinking and pregnancy.

        Journal of Applied Communication Research, 32, 224-248.

Caplan, S., Haslett, B., & Burleson, B. (2005). Telling it like it is: The adaptive function

of narratives in coping with loss in later life. Health Communication, 17, 233-251.

Ellis, B. H., & Miller, K. (1994). Supportive communication among nurses: Effects on

commitment, burnout, and retention. Health Communication, 6, 77-97.

Guttman, N., & Harris, W. (2002). On being responsible: Ethical issues in appeals to

personal responsibility in health campaigns. Journal of Health Communication, 6,

117-136.

Jones, R. (2005). Identity commitments in personal stories of mental illness on the

internet. Narrative Inquiry, 15, 293-322.

Kaphingst, K., Dejong, W., & Dalroy, L. (2004). A content analysis of direct-to-

consumer television prescription drug advertisements. Journal of

Health Communication, 9, 515-528.

Keeley, M. (2004). Final conversations: Messages of love. Qualitative Research Reports,

5, 34-40.

Noar, S. (2006). A 10-year retrospective of research in health mass media campaigns:

Where do we go from here? Journal of Health Communication, 11, 21-42. (Note:

Go to ‘Linked Full Text’)

Reeves, P. (2000). Coping in cyberspace: The impact of internet use on the ability of

HIV-Positive individuals to deal with their illness. Journal of Health

Communication, 5, 47-59.

Matthews, A., Stellergren, S., & Manfredi, C., & Williams, M. (2002). Factors

influencing medical information seeking among African American cancer

patients. Journal of Health Communication, 7, 205-219.

Sharf, B. F., & Vanderford, M. L. (2003).  Illness narratives and the social construction of reality. In T. L. Thompson, A. M. Dorsey, K. I. Miller, & R. Parrott (Eds.),

        Handbook of Health Communication, 9-34. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. NOTE: You will have to find a hard copy of this in the library.

Tamaskar, P., & Rising, J. (2000). Theoretical models of delivering universal health care: An

analysis of important concepts. Retrieved on July 28, 2006 from http://www.amsa.org/pdf/model.pdf

Quick, B., Brooks, C., Stephenson, M., & Mina, W. (2003). Physicians and patients speak out: A qualitative assessment
 
            analyzing the PALS brochure in medical interactions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International

            Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

Vegni, E., Visioli, S., Moja, E. A., (2005). When talking to the patient is difficult: The

physician’s perspective. Communication and Medicine, 2, 69-76.

Note: Access this article directly from here:

http://www.atypon-link.com/WDG/doi/pdf/10.1515/come.2005.2.1.69

Wanless, M. D. (2001). Barbie's body images. Feminist Media Studies, 1, 125-127.

Weisgerber, C., (2004). Turning to the internet for help on sensitive medical problems.

Information, Communication, & Society, 7, 554-574

Wittenberg-Lyles, E. M. (2006). Narratives of hospice volunteers: Perspectives on death and dying. Qualitative Research Reports in

     Communication, 7, 51-56.

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