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Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication in Health Care

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This chapter outlines the background of the book and introduces terminology and topics vital for understanding interpersonal and intercultural communication in a health-care context: communication and personal style, communication and patient health outcomes, multiculturalism and cultural competence and communication and mobility. This book is meant to function as a communication performance support tool. The information in it draws on peer-reviewed, international research and focuses on linguistic and cultural challenges faced by mobile medical professionals.

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  1. Department of Linguistics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Kris Van de Poel

  2. School of Languages, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa

    Kris Van de Poel

  3. formerly ZNA Hospital Network Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Eddy Vanagt

  4. Charité Berlin Charité International Academy, Berlin, Germany

    Ulrike Schrimpf

  5. Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA

    Jessica Gasiorek

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Van de Poel, K., Vanagt, E., Schrimpf, U., Gasiorek, J. (2013). Interpersonal and Intercultural Communication in Health Care. In: Communication Skills for Foreign and Mobile Medical Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35112-9_1

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