Staci Defibaugh – författare

This book examines the discursive practices of physician assistants (PAs) in three different specialities, examining how they each linguistically construct their approach to clinical empathy. The book is structured as a series of case studies, with each of the analytical chapters built around the practices of one PA. Over the course of the four analytical chapters, the author illustrates how clinical empathy cannot be delineated into single utterances or even limited to a specific set of linguistic practices, instead arguing that that there are myriad ways in which providers can enact an empathic approach to patient-centered care. Taking an ethnographic discourse analysis approach, the book draws on audio recordings of PA-patient visits and interviews with both patients and providers. This volume provides essential insights for researchers, educators, and advanced students across Applied Linguistics, the Medical Humanities, Health Communication, and Clinical Medicine seeking to understand the linguistic foundations of empathic healthcare.

This book examines the interactional practices of nurse practitioners (NPs) and the delivery of health care in the US. The author takes a discourse analytic approach, examining the linguistic resources that NPs employ in their interactions with patients. These linguistic features are connected to the concept of professional competency with specific focus on the enactment of the patient-centered approach. Analytic focus is placed on how NPs address organizational responsibilities during medical visits with patients, the form and function of patient education, the use of indirect speech, and the role that small talk plays in health care encounters. The book explores the understudied professional field of nurse practitioners and examines their linguistic practices with an eye on crossing disciplinary boundaries, integrating research from linguistics, discourse analysis and health communication. It will appeal to those interested in medical discourse analysis and health communication, as well as applied linguistics scholars.

This book examines the interactional practices of nurse practitioners (NPs) and the delivery of health care in the US. The author takes a discourse analytic approach, examining the linguistic resources that NPs employ in their interactions with patients. These linguistic features are connected to the concept of professional competency with specific focus on the enactment of the patient-centered approach. Analytic focus is placed on how NPs address organizational responsibilities during medical visits with patients, the form and function of patient education, the use of indirect speech, and the role that small talk plays in health care encounters. The book explores the understudied professional field of nurse practitioners and examines their linguistic practices with an eye on crossing disciplinary boundaries, integrating research from linguistics, discourse analysis and health communication. It will appeal to those interested in medical discourse analysis and health communication, as well as applied linguistics scholars.