Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physician-patient communication : psychosocial care, emotional well-being, and health outcomes / Kelly B. Haskard, Summer L. Williams, Robin DiMatteo -- Unexamined discourse : the outcomes movement as a shift from internal medical assessment to health communication / Bernice A. Pescosolido, Thomas W. Croghan, Joel D. Howell -- The influence of managed care on provider-patient interaction / Kevin Real, Richard L. Street -- Exploring the institutional context of physicians' work : professional and organizational differences in physician satisfaction / John C. Lammers, Joshua B. Barbour -- Culture, communication, and somatization in health care / Howard Waitzkin --

The theory of bilingual health communication / Elaine Hsieh -- Establishing and defending doctorability across the consultation : contexts and practices / John Heritage -- Keeping the balance and monitoring the self-system : towards a more comprehensive model of medication management in psychiatry / Bruce Lambert, Naomi Levy, Jerome Winer -- The HIV social identity model / Lance Rintamaki -- Stories and silences : disclosures and self in chronic illness / Kathy Charmaz -- Understanding the helper : the role of codependency in health care and health care outcomes / Ashley Duggan ... [et al.] -- Spirituality provides meaning and social support for women living with HIV / Jennifer Peterson -- Multiple discourses in the management of health and illness : why does it matter? / Roxanne Parrot.