Patient-centred communication : discourse of in-home medical consultations for older adults /
Kayo Kondo.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 221 pages) : illustrations.
- Language at work ; 5 .
- Language at work ; 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 Introduction to Patient-centred Communication -- 2 Face and Linguistic Politeness -- 3 Fieldwork and Data -- 4 Listening to Patients and Identifying Issues -- 5 Empathy and Acceptance -- 6 Work Towards Shared Decision-making -- 7 Leave Space for the Patient and Respecting the Patient's Freedom -- 8 Transferring into Future Training -- 9 Appendices -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index
"This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the use of patient-/person-centred communication in providing health care for ageing populations through an ethnographic approach to physician in-home medical consultations in Tokyo, Japan, alongside interviews with physicians"--
9781800415904 1800415907 9781800415898 1800415893
2022016604
Physician and patient--Japan. Communication in medicine--Japan. Patient-centered health care--Japan.