Heidi Gilstad
Heidi Gilstad
Health literacy (HL) concerns competencies that are necessary to access, understand, and use health information to solve a health problem. Existing methods for assessing HL (including e-health) are primarily based on self-reported data at t...
Communication and intercultural barriers in Swiss health care involving Spanish-Galician migrants: An exploratory study [0.03%]
涉及西班牙-加利西亚移民的瑞士医疗保健中的沟通和跨文化障碍：一项探索性研究
Vanesa Rodríguez Tembrás
Vanesa Rodríguez Tembrás
This exploratory study examines communication and intercultural barriers faced by Spanish-Galician migrants in Swiss health care across two migration waves (1961 to 1980 and post-2008) and three generations. Drawing on ten semistructured in...
Narrative in bits and pieces: Moving between monologue and dialogue in the non-literary journal of a writer with dementia [0.03%]
支离破碎的故事：一位痴呆症患者作家在非文学日记中进行独白和对话的影响因素分析
Boyd Davis,Dena Shenk
Boyd Davis
There has been a growing emphasis on the use of diaries and journals by caregivers and people living with dementia as ways to document and understand their lived experiences. Non-literary diaries that act as ledgers and inventories of life ...
Srikant Sarangi
Srikant Sarangi
In this forum discussion piece, I first delineate the many contours of the label "medical humanities." In readily acknowledging its interdisciplinary makeup, I then attempt to cover two ends of the spectrum as signaled in the title-at one e...
Making sense of sense-making: The challenge of navigating interactional competence in dementia care [0.03%]
化解意义构建的难题：痴呆护理中互动能力导航的挑战
Alison Pilnick,Isabel Windeatt-Harrison,Rebecca O&#x;Brien et al.
Alison Pilnick et al.
Difficulties with communication present a challenge not just for people living with dementia (PLWD) themselves but also for those who care for them. This challenge is amplified in acute care environments with unfamiliar surroundings and sta...
Anatomy of a conversation: Voices of dual-role medical interpreters [0.03%]
双重角色医学 interpreter的声音：对话分析
Karol Hardin
Karol Hardin
Interpreted communication in the medical domain is inherently complex, but due to the cost of professional interpretation in outpatient settings, qualified bilingual speakers or even untrained interpreters are common in the United States. W...
Metaphors and identities in online descriptions of the experience of pain [0.03%]
隐喻与身份：在线疼痛经历描述中的形象化问题研究
Elena Semino,Yufeng Liu,Jane Demmen
Elena Semino
Becoming seriously and/or chronically ill can challenge and disrupt our sense of who we are in terms of our bodies, minds, and social roles. Although a substantial literature exists on metaphor and illness, the use of metaphor to represent ...
Nurses' perspectives on supporting patient participation in atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment: A study of communication patterns [0.03%]
护士在心房颤动治疗中支持患者参与的情况分析：一种交流模式的研究
Ulla Hellström Muhli,Eleni Siouta
Ulla Hellström Muhli
This qualitative study explores nurses' perspectives on consultations in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim is to discover whether and how nurses support patient participation and how they talk about it. The data consist of ...
(Un)certainty and risk communication on COVID-19 vaccines: A comparison between civilian and military discourse [0.03%]
新冠疫情下的新冠疫苗不确定性与风险沟通——民用与军用话语对比分析
Roxanne Barbara Doerr
Roxanne Barbara Doerr
One of the main, unsolved controversies that has developed throughout the COVID-19 emergency concerned the safety and multifaceted communication of its vaccine. Therefore, it represents an exemplary starting place for reflections on the lin...
Comparative Study
Communication & medicine. 2026;20(2):189-203. DOI:10.3138/commed-2024-0016 2026
" I do not know these words, neither does he": Unravelling multilingual and multiparty communication in speech and language therapy [0.03%]
“这些词我不会说，他也不会”：言语和语言治疗中多方互动的解码与阐释
Sione Twilt,Jan D Ten Thije,Karin Neijenhuis et al.
Sione Twilt et al.
Speech language therapists (SLTs) are often challenged in their work with patients with different communication vulnerabilities. Even though SLTs are trained experts in communication, experiences from the field indicate that they often feel...