Health Communication journal seeks to improve practical communication between caregivers and patients and between institutions and the public. The journal publishes pedagogical, methodological, theoretical, and applied articles using both quantitative or qualitative methods. Topics covered include provider-patient (or family) interaction, health campaigns, health information, health promotion, interviewing, health public relations, and gerontological concerns.
The International Journal of Medical Informatics journal covers information systems, including national or international registration systems, hospital information systems, departmental and/or physician's office systems, document handling systems, electronic medical record systems, standardization, systems integration etc.; computer-aided medical decision support systems using heuristic, algorithmic and/or statistical methods as exemplified in decision theory, protocol development, artificial intelligence, etc.; educational computer based programs pertaining to medical informatics or medicine in general; and organizational, economic, social, clinical impact, ethical and cost-benefit aspects of IT applications in health care.
Social Science & Medicine provides an international and interdisciplinary forum which publishes material relevant to any aspect of health from a wide range of social science disciplines (anthropology, economics, epidemiology, geography, policy, psychology, and sociology), and material relevant to the social sciences from any of the professions concerned with physical and mental health, health care, clinical practice, and health policy and organization.
Journal of Communication in Healthcare is a peer-reviewed professional journal analyzing best practice and new thinking for healthcare clinicians and managers in communicating with patients, staff, the public and media.
The Journal of Health Communication focuses on promoting the health literacy of the individual, caregiver, provider, community, and those in the health policy. The journal presents research, progress in areas of technology and public health, ethics, politics and policy, and the application of health communication principles.
