Expanding Horizons in Health Communication : An Asian Perspective

This book explores the ways in which Eastern and Western medical knowledge inform each other in the treatment of people in Asia across a wide range of health issues. To do so, it brings together health communication scholars from diverse disciplines both in Hong Kong and worldwide and combines their observations and expertise with those of clinicians working in healthcare in Asia to provide a topical portrait of the expanding horizons of healthcare in Asia. Social scientists and clinicians discuss their research and clinical practice respectively using a range of analytic approaches that include traditional qualitative and quantitative methodologies, as well as cutting-edge computer diagnostics that digitally visualize health interactions across time. The book presents an innovative and interdisciplinary investigation of Eastern and Western perspectives on healthcare in Asia. It covers topics concerned with a range of mental and physical problems that are currently confronting Asia. Importantly, the views and experiences of front line clinicians delivering patient care in Asia are also included. Accordingly, the book offers varied and innovative perspectives on health communication issues in China, Singapore, Bangladesh and Australia. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Talking About Trauma in Migrant Worker Returnee Narratives: Mental Health Issues (Hans J. Ladegaard)....Pages 3-27 Prompting Strategies and Outcomes in Picture-Based Counseling (Dennis Tay, Jin Huang, Huiheng Zeng)....Pages 29-46 Understanding the Perspectives of Counsellors and Clients in School-Based Counselling in Hong Kong (Mark Harrison, Phoenix Lam)....Pages 47-66 What Happens to the Holistic Care of Patients in Busy Oncology Settings? (E. Angela Chan)....Pages 67-81 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 Examining Patient Preferences for Integrative Chinese-Western Colorectal Cancer Care in Hong Kong (Wendy Wong, Herbert H. F. Loong, Allyson K. Y. Lee, Ambrose H. N. Wong, C. H. Sum, Jessica Y. L. Ching et al.)....Pages 85-105 Framing Boundaries of Medical Interactions: Data from China (Ying Jin)....Pages 107-131 Understanding the Co-construction of Medical Consultations in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Discourse Structural Analysis (Jesse W. C. Yip, Chenjie Zhang)....Pages 133-160 Instructions as Actions for Initiating Exercise Therapy in Physiotherapy in Hong Kong (Veronika Schoeb, Adrian Yip)....Pages 161-178 Shift-to-Shift Nursing Handovers at a Multi-cultural and Multi-lingual Tertiary Hospital in Singapore: An Observational Study (Phillip R. Della, Fazila Aloweni, Shin Yuh Ang, Mei Ling Lim, Thendral Uthaman, Tracey Carol Ayre et al.)....Pages 179-203 Front Matter ....Pages 205-205 Assessment of Safety Culture: A Singapore Residential Aged Care Cross-Sectional Study (Phillip R. Della, Lina Ma, Pamela A. Roberts, Huaqiong Zhou, Rene Michael, Satvinder S. Dhaliwal)....Pages 207-221 A Systematic Scoping Review of Cancer Communication About Prevention and Detection in Bangladesh (Aantaki Raisa, Carma Bylund, Sabrina Islam, Janice Krieger)....Pages 223-248 Convincing a Sceptical Public: The Challenge for Public Health (Louise Cummings)....Pages 249-274 Visualizing Conversations in Health Care: Using Discursis to Compare Cantonese and English Data Sets (Alice Yau, Margo Turnbull, Daniel Angus, Bernadette Watson)....Pages 275-293 Back Matter ....Pages 295-300