Telemedicine/e-health as mediated communication

Authors

  • Srikant Sarangi Aalborg University
  • Rolf Wynn UiT The Arctic University of Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.31881

Keywords:

medicine, communication

Author Biographies

  • Srikant Sarangi, Aalborg University
    Srikant Sarangi is currently Professor in Humanities and Medicine and Director of the Danish Institute of Humanities and Medicine (DIHM) at aalborg University, Denmark. He continues as Honorary Professor at Cardiff University. He is author and editor of twelve books, guest-editor of six journal special issues and has published over two hundred journal articles and book chapters. He is editor of Text & Talk, Communication & Medicine and Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice.
  • Rolf Wynn, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
    Rolf Wynn is a full Professor of telemedicine and e-Health at Uit The arctic University of norway. He is also a psychiatrist and has a PhD in English linguistics as well as a PhD in psychiatry. He is the author of 125 peer-reviewed publications.

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Published

2016-11-07

How to Cite

Sarangi, S., & Wynn, R. (2016). Telemedicine/e-health as mediated communication. Communication and Medicine, 12(2-3), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.31881

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