Defense Date
11-9-2012
Graduation Date
Fall 2012
Availability
Immediate Access
Submission Type
dissertation
Degree Name
PhD
Department
Communication and Rhetorical Studies
School
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Committee Chair
Janie Harden Fritz
Committee Member
Ron Arnette
Committee Member
Richard Thames
Keywords
Communication, Health, Hermeneutics, Phenomenology
Abstract
This dissertation examines implications for health communication as a rhetorical and philosophical practice by focusing on the various topics in the health communication field today, identifying areas that have been examined qualitatively and/or phenomenologically and hermeneutically. Currently, health communication scholarship tends toward qualitative and quantitative research from the methodological perspective of social science. Bringing these approaches into conversation with current phenomenological studies in the health care field, particularly those in the area of nursing, offers the potential to transform health communication scholarship, giving birth to a rhetorically and philosophically grounded praxis in this field.
Format
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Reese, B. (2012). Health Communication: Toward a Phenomenological Perspective (Doctoral dissertation, Duquesne University). Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/etd/1091