1997
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/14.4.271
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Metaphorically transmitted diseases. How do patients embody medical explanations?

Abstract: Doctors need to be aware that patients possess such imaginative and experiential resources to make sense of medical explanations. Attempts to draw patients radically away from these resources may cause confusion and undesired breakdowns in the communication between them and their physician.

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“…Furthermore, the patients we studied did not want information about molecular biology, but rather the consequences of genetic theory relating to their family. This corresponds with previous work showing that patients feel incapable of understanding scientific explanations of their disease but instead, integrate medical explanations into their own system of concepts and experiences [21]. …”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Furthermore, the patients we studied did not want information about molecular biology, but rather the consequences of genetic theory relating to their family. This corresponds with previous work showing that patients feel incapable of understanding scientific explanations of their disease but instead, integrate medical explanations into their own system of concepts and experiences [21]. …”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…We found descriptive reports of explanation types used by patients [38] and doctors [25] but none had the detailed two-level structure which we found necessary to classify the explanations in our studies. Two studies have described conversation analysis of consultations for medically unexplained symptoms [21,31].…”
Section: Comparison With Existing Researchmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…8 Medische verklaringen gaan vaak over fysieke veranderingen, zoals schade, ontsteking of slijtage, terwijl patiënten dikwijls denken in termen van disbalans of een verstoorde functie. 9 Volgens patiënten is er bovendien geregeld sprake van stress en emotionele distress. patiënten stress als een belangrijke factor bij het ontstaan van hun klachten zien, willen ze er zeker van zijn dat de huisarts niet te snel concludeert dat het psychosomatisch is.…”
Section: Patiënten En Uitlegunclassified