Patient-Centred Translation and Communication

In response to the growing importance of patient-centred care, the need to empower patients and to democratize specialized knowledge in healthcare, this book puts patients centre stage and provides concepts, methods and learning materials to enhance effective communication with patients and relatives in healthcare settings.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 Understanding contexts in patient-centred communication
Chapter 2 Diversity of text genres for patients
Chapter 3 Exploring multiple modes, codes, formats and media
Chapter 4 Analysing your target audience
Chapter 5 Creating texts for patients: comprehensibility
Chapter 6 Creating texts for patients: empathy
Chapter 7 Starting research in patient-centred translation and communication
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Vicent Montalt-Resurrección is Professor in the Department of Translation and Communication Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Spain. He is co-author of Medical Translation Step by Step (Routledge, 2007).
Isabel García-Izquierdo is a Professor in the Department of Translation and Communication Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Spain. She is author of Divulgación médica y traducción. El género información para pacientes (2009).
Ana Muñoz-Miquel is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Translation and Communication Studies at the Universitat Jaume, Spain. She is the author of La traducción médico-sanitaria: profesión y formación (2023).

Summary

In response to the growing importance of patient-centred care, the need to empower patients and to democratize specialized knowledge in healthcare, this book puts patients centre stage and provides concepts, methods and learning materials to enhance effective communication with patients and relatives in healthcare settings.

Product details

• Authors: Isabel García-Izquierdo, Vicent Garcia-Izquierdo Montalt-Resurreccio, Vicent Montalt-Resurrecció, Vicent Garcia-Izquierdo Montalt-Resurreccion, Vicent Montalt-Resurrección, Ana Muñoz-Miquel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2024
• EAN: 9780367281120
• ISBN: 978-0-367-28112-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Series: Translation Practices Explained
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Translation & interpretation, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Translation and interpretation