The articles presented in this special issue bring attention to important sociocultural variables and language strategies present in the ever-changing and complex health care system. These articles were selected from the health communication symposium of the 14th International Conference of Language and Social Psychology held in Hawaii in 2014. The articles each concentrate on different aspects of health communication and employ different theoretical and analytical approaches, but they all call for more education and better interventions to improve relations in the health context and patient care.
BakerS. C.WatsonB. M. (2015). How patients perceive their doctors’ communication: Implications for patient willingness to communicate. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34, 621-639.
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GalloisC. (2009). Epilogue. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 28, 209-215.
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GalloisC.WilmottL.WhiteB.WinchS.ParkerM.GravesN.ShepherdN.CloseE. (2015). Futile Treatment in Hospital: Doctors’ Intergroup Language. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34, 657-671.
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GasiorekJ. (2015). Epilogue: Engaging Identity and Foregrounding Context in Health Communication Research. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34, 702-708.
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JonesL.LeachL.CahillL.ColquistS.HardenH. (2010, June). Discovery interviews: Patient stories as a mechanism for improving health practitioner communication. Paper presented at the 60th International Communication Association Conference, Singapore.
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KriegerJ. L.Palmer-WackerlyA. L.Krok-SchoenJ. L.DaileyP. M.WojnoJ. C.SchoenbergN.PaskettE. D.DignanM. (2015). Caregiver perceptions of their influence on cancer treatment decision-making: Intersections of language, identity, and illness. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34, 640-656.
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Miller-DayM.HechtM. L.KriegerJ. L.PettigrewJ.ShinY.GrahamJ. (2015). Teacher Narratives and Student Engagement: Testing Narrative Engagement Theory in Drug Prevention Education. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34, 604-620.
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SetchellJ.LeachL. E.WatsonB. M.HewettD. G. (2015). Impact of Identity on Support for New Roles in Health Care: A Language Inquiry of Doctors’ Commentary. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34, 672-686.
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WatsonB. M.ManiasE.GeddesF.DellaP.JonesD. (2015). An Analysis of Clinical Handover Miscommunication Using a Language and Social Psychology Approach. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 34, 687-701.
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WilkinsonA. M. (2010). The carer experience in end-of-life cancer caregiving: A discussion of the literature. Cancer Forum, 34, 32-36.
