An Introduction to Language and Communication for Allied Health and Social Care Professions - Paperback

by Simone C. Bacchini (Author)

Bringing insights from linguistics to those without a background in this field, this book enables readers to better appreciate the ways in which language functions simultaneously as an instrument to encode and communicate meaning, build and sustain interpersonal relationships, and to express identity.

Author Biography

Simone C. Bacchini is Subject Specialist for Arts and Humanities at The British Library. He worked as associate facilitator on the clinical communication module on the medical course at King's College London. He was guest lecturer in communication on the Relationship-Based Practice in Social Work module Staffordshire University. His research interests include health communication, Discourse Analysis, sociolinguistics, and Systemic Functional Linguistics.