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About this Elements Series
This series brings together a wide range of disciplines that converge on the study of communication in healthcare. Researchers have tended to study health communication within disciplinary boundaries that can limit an exchange of ideas and insights. This is the first publication to integrate the work of these disciplines within a single, unifying series. Each element examines a key topic in health communication and is carefully crafted by experts in their respective disciplines.
Contributions include analytical surveys, cutting-edge insights into frontier topics in health communication, and advanced tutorials that provide time-pressed health professionals and students with a comprehensive overview of an area or theme. Digital content gives readers a rich learning experience and illustrates the relevance of health communication to everyday life.
The series is relevant to students, researchers, and practitioners in humanities, medical and health professions, linguistics, psychology, and communication and media studies.
About the Series Editor
Louise Cummings is Visiting Professor at York St John University in the UK. She conducts research in pragmatics, clinical linguistics, speech-language pathology, and health communication. She is the author and editor of over 20 books, including The Oxford Handbook of Communication Disorders in Neurodegenerative Diseases (Oxford University Press, 2025) and Language in Dementia (Cambridge University Press, 2020). She is Editor of Cambridge Elements in Health Communication and Routledge Research in Speech-Language Pathology, Consulting Editor of Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology (Springer), and Associate Editor of the journal Language and Health.
Contact the Series Editor
If you would like more information about this series, or are interested in writing an Element, please contact:
Louise Cummings: l.cummings@yorksj.ac.uk
