The articles presented in this special issue represent key issues for current day health communication scholars. The articles were commissioned by the International Association of Language and Social Psychology Taskforce and presented at the 2008 International Communication Association in Montreal. Each article tackles a specific health dilemma and demonstrates the need for immediate but theoretically based interventions.
Thompson, T.L., Robinson, J.D., Anderson, D.J., & Federowicz, M. (2008). Health communication: Where have we been and where can we go? In K. B. Wright & S. D. Moore (Eds.), Applied health communication, (pp. 3-34). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
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Watson, B.M., & Gallois, C. (2007). Language, discourse, and communication about health and illness: Intergroup relations, role, and emotional support. In A. Weatherall, B. Watson , & C. Gallois (Eds.), Language, discourse, and social psychology (pp. 108-130). Basingstoke , Hants: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Wright, K.B., Sparks, L., & O'Hair, H.D. (2008). Health communication in the 21st century. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
