Khiun, Liew Kai

Liberalizing, feminizing and popularizing health communications in Asia/ Liew Kai Khiun - England : Ashgate, 2010. - 223 p.

Part 1 Liberalizing Health: Mediations of health and the development of a nation: late Suharto and late modernity, Steve Ferzacca; Reporting HIV and its broader impact in Asia: the case of Papua New Guinea, Trevor Cullen; Reading HIV/AIDS in the Indian media: social, cultural and economic constructions, Shaunak Sastry and Mohan J. Dutta; Press coverage of bird flu epidemic in Vietnam, Annick GuA(c)nel and Sylvia Klingberg
. Part 2 Feminizing Health: Caesarean birth, media, motherhood and nation in Taiwan, Chen-I Kuan; Information and decision making among women with breast cancer: constraints on the informed decision, Khor Yoke Lim and Gerald Goh Guan Gan; Making the oral contraceptive 'for me' in Japan: managing the semiotics of reproductive health in virtual space, Kathryn Goldfarb.
Part 3 Popularizing Health: the radio communication project in Nepal: culture, power and meaning in constructions of health, Mohan J. Dutta and Iccha Basnyat; Of plastic beauties and flower boys: representations of cosmetic surgery in South Korean films, Kelly Fu; When distortion is normal: the media and body image disturbance among young people in Hong Kong, Annisa Lee Lai; How to live: reading China's popular health media, Judith Farquhar

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Social medicine--Communication in public health
Communication in medicine--Women--Health and hygiene

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