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Publication details [#51879]

Horan, Sean M. 2009. Can We Talk? How Learning of an Invisible Illness Impacts Forecasted Relational Outcomes. Communication Studies 60 (1) : 66–81.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | communicative efficiency | disease terminology | health | social relationship

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

Drawing on predicted outcome value theory (Sunnafrank, 1986), this study explores how illness -such as HIV and cancer- affects the development of new relationships.