Health Communication in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Health Communication in Traditional Chinese Medicine Cardiology presents an overview of health communications including history, cardiovascular prevalence and role of Chinese medicine, interpersonal communications between practitioners and patients, and explores methods in epidemiology to follow symptom, diagnostic, treatment and follow-up patterns in the clinic.

The book integrates the role of Chinese medicine in public health efforts, classifying the identity of the practitioner and the needs of certain patient types who require this kind of matching for better health and research methods to help sharpen the focus for specializing practitioners.

Identifies the rationale for specializing in cardiovascular Chinese medicine as an important part of current public health needsPrepares practitioners to adjust their skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors, and to guide patients to do likewise for better health outcomesPrepares the practitioner to sit for the Niambi Wellness Health Communications 1 final online exam

Chapter 1: History of Health Communications
Chapter 2: Key Elements and Scientific Theories
Chapter 3: Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence and TCM
Chapter 4: Physician and Patient Types
Chapter 5: Patient and Provider Communications
Chapter 6: Palliative Care
Chapter 7: Epidemiological Overview
Chapter 8: Crisis Communications
Chapter 9: Research Methods and Establishing Private Practice