Patient-Centred Translation and Communication by Montalt-Resurrecci;

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In response to the growing importance of patient-centred care, the need to empower patients and to democratize specialized knowledge in healthcare, this book puts patients centre stage and provides concepts, methods and learning materials to enhance effective communication with patients and relatives in healthcare settings.

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In response to the growing importance and spread of patient-centred care, the need to empower patients and the trend towards democratising specialised knowledge in health care, this book puts patients centre stage and provides concepts, methods and learning materials to enhance effective communication with patients and relatives in health care settings.

Opening chapters establish the conceptual and methodological framework needed to understand patient-centredness, the crucial role of context and culture, the range of communicative situations and text genres involved and the diversity of modes, formats and media in which patient-centred translation and communication take place. Subsequent chapters raise awareness of the importance of carefully defining the target audience and producing understandable and empathetic messages and provide analytical tools for making decisions in these three key areas. The concluding chapter offers avenues for research in patient-centred translation and communication with the hope of bridging the gap between practice and research and advancing this growing field of inquiry.

Including activities, resources, summaries, further reading and pointers to further research in each chapter, this is the essential guide for all translators and interpreters, students and professionals working in this area of translation studies, health care and communication studies.

"This is an important book! By means of its interdisciplinary approach, and at the intersection of translation and writing, it explores what it entails to be truly patient-centered. Scholars as well as practitioners within translation and health communication will benefit from topical insights on significant issues such as how to ensure comprehensibility, accommodate the target group, and support patients at an emotional level." - Karen Korning Zethsen, Professor of Translation Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Understanding contexts in patient-centred communication

Chapter 2 Diversity of text genres for patients

Chapter 3 Exploring multiple modes, codes, formats and media

Chapter 4 Analysing your target audience

Chapter 5 Creating texts for patients: comprehensibility

Chapter 6 Creating texts for patients: empathy

Chapter 7 Starting research in patient-centred translation and communication

Glossary

Bibliography

Index