Blurring Personal Health and Public Priorities: An Analysis of Celebrity Health Narratives in the Public Sphere

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 244-256

  Beck, Christina S ^a   Aubuchon, Stellina M ^a   McKenna, Timothy P ^a   Ruhl, Stephanie ^a   Simmons, Nathaniel ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

FAMOUS PERSONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL NARRATIVES AS TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84891785494     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.741668     Document Type: Article

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