%0 Journal Article %T Komunikowanie o zdrowiu: tworzenie „środowiska nadziei” %A Piasecka, Agnieszka %J Zeszyty Prasoznawcze %V 2015 %R 10.4467/2299-6362PZ.15.033.4143 %N Tom 58, Numer 2 (222) %P 463-473 %K environment of hope, social support, interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships, ways of communication %@ 0555-0025 %D 2015 %U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/artykul/komunikowanie-o-zdrowiu-tworzenie-srodowiska-nadziei %X Health communication: Creating “an environment of hope” Creating “an environment of hope” (or: “communities of hope”) in health communication could be an interesting alternative social support in the post-modern reality. Living in a society of risk (U. Beck), we experience uncertainty, anchored in a new culture (W. Bonß). We struggle with the experience of a civilization of fear and anxiety (J. Kozielecki). Is it possible in this situation to build and shape interpersonal relationships (doctor-patient-relatives) and intrapersonal that will promote health and talking about him? The article is a description of how to communicate about health in the context of creating communities of hope. It outlines human functioning in postmodernity, indicates his/her expectations of health workers, psychologists and those who are closest to them in a situation of healthcare and health, diseases and treatment communication.