Dr. Suzanne Eggins
Research Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
University of Technology Sydney
33 Telopea Park Barton
ACT 2600
Sydney, Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Diana Slade
Dir. International Research Centre for
Communication in Healthcare
University of Technology Sydney
235 Jones St. Broadway
NSW 2007
Sydney, Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Fiona Geddes
School of Nursing & Midwifery
Curtin University
Bentley Campus
GPO Box U1987
WA 6845
Perth, Australia
E-Mail: [email protected]
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