Health disparities research and practice: the role of language and health communication

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 168-183

  Wallington, Sherrie Flynt ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315856971     Document Type: Chapter

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