Physicians' Views on the Level of Medical Information Among Patients

Pratt, Lois; Seligmann, Arthur W.; Reader, George G.

doi:10.2105/ajph.47.10.1277

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“…In both cases, the threat for miscommunication would be increased. The IMGs in the present study also appeared to differ from NES physicians who generally tend to underestimate their patients' knowledge of medical terms (McKinlay 1975;Pratt et al 1957). While miscalculations in both directions can have far-reaching consequences, it seems likely that the potential for miscommunication also increases signifi cantly in situations where NES patients use medical terms.…”

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Coming to Terms with Medical Terms – Exploring Insights from Native and Non-native English Speakers in Patient-physician Communication

Dahm¹

2017

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Using medical terminology involves a large risk of miscommunication in English-medium consultations as patients often do not know or misunderstand the terms commonly used by physicians, or even misuse terms in their interactions with medical professionals (Hadlow/Pitts 1991;Street 2003). Patients and physicians also frequently associate different meanings with the same medical terms, which further threatens patient-physician communication (Hadlow/Pitts 1991). To date most investigations on the impact of medical terminology have focused on native English speaking (NES) individuals in monolingual encounters, while insights from non-native English speaking (NNES) physicians and patients have been largely neglected. Through semi-structured interviews, this qualitative explorative study investigates the experiences of patients and physicians from diverse linguistic backgrounds in medical encounters within Australia. A particular focus is given to the way NES and NNES participants perceive and judge the impact of the meaning of medical terms on patient-physician communication. Findings suggest that both the use and meaning of medical terminology are perceived and judged very differently by individuals who come from different language backgrounds and who hold varying degrees of medical knowledge. Findings indicate that common blanket recommendations urging medical professionals to avoid or explain jargon may be futile since physicians and patient also diverge in their understanding of what constitutes jargon or medical terminology.

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Coming to Terms with Medical Terms – Exploring Insights from Native and Non-native English Speakers in Patient-physician Communication

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2017

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“…Many of these terms, however, were highly technical and no detailed analysis was presented. Others (Redlich, 1945;Pratt et al, 1957;Seligmann et al, 1957;Samora et al, 1961;Riley, 1966;Ley and Spelman, 1967;Plaja et al, 1968) have conducted statistical studies of patients' understanding of medical terms and diseases, but many of these tended to concentrate more on patients' knowledge of the aetiology, treatment, and prognosis of certain diseases than on their ability to agree with the majority of doctors over the more basic issue of definition. Samora et al (1961) concluded that 92-8% of their group of patients had an "adequate" knowledge of the word "constipated," and Riley (1966) found that 57%' of his sample correctly identified 7 or more of 12 foods containing sugar or starch.…”

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Difference Between Patients?? and Doctors?? Interpretation of Some Common Medical Terms

Boyle¹

1970

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

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“…Doctors, on the other hand, underestimate even the amount the patients actually know, though they believe patients should know the basic facts. 70 Such findings strongly suggest that existing channels of communication between doctor and patient are inadequate. This conclusion is well supported by some unpublished findings 71 coming from the University of Michigan faculty health appraisal.…”

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Health Behavior, Illness Behavior, and Sick-Role Behavior

Kasl

Cobb

1966

Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal

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THE FIRST part of this presentation began with definitions of the three kinds of health-related behavior. Health behavior is any activity undertaken by a person believing himself to be healthy, for the purpose of preventing disease or detecting it in an asymptomatic stage. Illness behavior is any activity, undertaken by a person who feels ill, to define the state of his health and to discover a suitable remedy. Sick-role behavior is the activity undertaken, for the purpose of getting well, by those who consider themselves ill. It includes receiving treatment from appropriate therapists, generally involves a whole range of dependent behaviors, and leads to some degree of neglect of one's usual duties.In the next step, a theoretical framework seeking to clarify behavioral accompaniments of changes in health was suggested. Within this framework, the changes in health and illness were seen from four levels of description: somatic health, behavior, role performance, ancl identity. Next, a theoretical model of action was proposed, which attempted to describe the important variables influencing health, illness, and sick-role behavior. The remainder of the paper was then concerned with reviewing studies of health and illness behavior so that the relevance and adequacy of the model of action could be evaluated. The focus of the present paper is on studies of sick-role behavior and the support they may provide for our theoretical framework.

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Physicians' Views on the Level of Medical Information Among Patients

Cited by 134 publications

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Coming to Terms with Medical Terms – Exploring Insights from Native and Non-native English Speakers in Patient-physician Communication

Coming to Terms with Medical Terms – Exploring Insights from Native and Non-native English Speakers in Patient-physician Communication

Difference Between Patients?? and Doctors?? Interpretation of Some Common Medical Terms

Health Behavior, Illness Behavior, and Sick-Role Behavior

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