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Komunikowanie o zdrowiu: tworzenie „środowiska nadziei”
Health communication: Creating “an environment of hope”

Author(s): Agnieszka Piasecka
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: environment of hope; social support; interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships; ways of communication

Summary/Abstract: Creating “an environment of hope” (or: “communities of hope”) in health communication could be an interesting alternative social support in the post-modern reality. Living in a society of risk (U. Beck), we experience uncertainty, anchored in a new culture (W. Bonß). We struggle with the experience of a civilization of fear and anxiety (J. Kozielecki). Is it possible in this situation to build and shape interpersonal relationships (doctor-patient-relatives) and intrapersonal that will promote health and talking about him? The article is a description of how to communicate about health in the context of creating communities of hope. It outlines human functioning in postmodernity, indicates his/her expectations of health workers, psychologists and those who are closest to them in a situation of healthcare and health, diseases and treatment communication.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2 (222)
  • Page Range: 463-473
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish