Patient-centred Communication: Discourse of In-home Medical Consultations for Older Adults: 5 (Language at Work) - Hardcover

Kondo, Kayo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1800415885 ISBN 13: 9781800415881

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2022

Synopsis

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the use of patient-/person-centred communication in providing healthcare for ageing populations through an ethnographic approach to physician in-home medical consultations in Tokyo, Japan, alongside interviews with physicians. It focuses on illustrating how linguistic dimensions of person-centred communication work by citing examples of case studies, as well as the sociocultural differences between the US, the UK, Japan and other societies in which person-centred communication models are employed. The author uses her own framework, which takes into account face and politeness theory, and makes recommendations for future training.

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About the Author

Kayo Kondo is an Assistant Lecturer in Japanese Studies at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, UK. Her research interests include patient-health provider communication, clinical empathy, dementia communication, discourse studies in health and social care, pragmatics, face and politeness theories.

Edition details

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800415885
• ISBN 13: 9781800415881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240