What did the doctor say? Patients’ comprehension of allergy consultations in a French university hospital

While health care specialists have a foundational allergy related knowledge, patients only have some socially and culturally derived notions of health and illness. Hence, sometimes, during the medical consultation, it may be difficult to find a common level of discourse between patients and health c...

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Published inThe World Allergy Organization journal Vol. 13; no. 8; p. 100365
Main Authors Trzmielewski, Marcin, Caimmi, Davide, Tanno, Luciana, Ferrando, Laetitia, Ducarteron, Didier, Demoly, Pascal
Format Journal Article Publication
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.08.2020
Elsevier
Subjects
Allergology
Humanities and Social Sciences
Immunology
Library and information sciences
Life Sciences
Allergology
Patient communication
Allergologie
Compréhension
Medical discourse
Discours médical
Comprehension - interpretation
Communciation médecin-patient
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Summary:While health care specialists have a foundational allergy related knowledge, patients only have some socially and culturally derived notions of health and illness. Hence, sometimes, during the medical consultation, it may be difficult to find a common level of discourse between patients and health care providers. A misunderstanding may be an obstacle to make informed decisions regarding care and adhering to treatment, and potentially breakdown the physician-patient relation. The aim of the present monocentric study was to examine the comprehension of the physician’s discourse by patients, after an allergy consultation.
ISSN:1939-4551
1939-4551
DOI:10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100365