Patient-centred Communication - Discourse of In-home Medical Consultations for Older Adults

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.

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.

Summary

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the use of patient-/person-centred communication in providing health care for ageing populations through an ethnographic approach to physician in-home medical consultations in Tokyo, Japan, alongside interviews with physicians.

Product details

• Authors: Kayo Kondo
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781800415881
• ISBN: 978-1-80041-588-1
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Series: Language at Work
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, MEDICAL / Physician & Patient, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Social, group or collective psychology, Communication Studies, doctor/patient relationship, Interpersonal communication and skills, Doctor / patient relationship