Communication about Uncomfortable Topics : A Test of Goffman / Janine Rudnick and Nancy Roth.

A study investigated the extent to which members of a state agency reported that they are comfortable talking about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the attendant topics of sex, homosexuality, intravenous drug use, death, and disease and the extent to which they use direct talk and ind...

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Main Authors: Rudnick, Janine
Roth, Nancy (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1989.
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Physical Description:24 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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