An Interdisciplinary Journal of Healthcare, Ethics and Society
Communication & Medicine provides a leading forum in critical debates of the “black box” of what is routinely characterised as “the communicative turn” in healthcare practice in clinical and public health domains.
Despite advances in medical technology, the patients’ history remains the most crucial tool in the differential diagnosis of epileptic or non-epileptic seizures (NES). The distinction of these two types of seizures is a common and important task for ...
Background: Minority and non-minority patients in the United States have different levels of trust in health care; however, few studies have examined how determinants of trust and distrust in health care vary across diverse groups. Objective: To explore ...
This article investigates how the elderly with dementia and their professional caregivers use laughter as a device to deal with problems related to language production and comprehension. The data consist of two game-playing situations, used to engage the ...
Although it is broadly recognized that health problems often involve existential and spiritual dimensions, recent research shows that these aspects of illness are rarely attended to by health professionals. Studies explain this in terms of barriers to ...
