Doctor–Patient Communication

Fritzsche, Kurt; Schweickhardt, Axel; Frahm, Gertrud; Monsalve, Sonia Diaz; Zanjani, Hamid Afshar; Goli, Farzad

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-1022-5_6

Cited by 5 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…As a consequence, doctor-patient communication has attracted attention from a number of scholars and researchers (Hashim, 2017;Fritzsche et al, 2014;Silverman, Kurtz, & Draper, 2004). They point to the fact that texts written by experts to inform patients about a disease, a therapy or a surgical procedure are often composed regardless of their readers' expectations, needs and profile; that is why, from a communicative standpoint, reformulation strategies are needed to clarify texts.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Encouraging legibility and comprehensibility through multimodal patient information guides

Velasco

Montalt-Resurrecció

2019

LANS-TTS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Medical texts intended for patients are a key instrument in doctor–patient communication. Through a process of heterofunctional translation, they can be adapted to the needs and expectations of their recipients. Most techniques aimed at making reading and understanding easier are linguistic in nature, and little attention has been paid to the role played by visuals. Through a questionnaire and a focus group, this pilot study explored patients’ perception and reception of images in a patient information guide. Our main finding was that visuals depicting medical concepts can be graphical support for unfamiliar concepts and encourage comprehension of texts aimed at patients. The most useful type of visual appears to be simplified images describing concepts with clarity and preventing recipients from recalling unpleasant experiences.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%