Nurse Practitioners and the Performance of Professional Competency
Represents the first attempt to bring together research on medical competency and linguistic choices Explores the overlap between prescribed practices and linguistic features, opening up new approaches to medical discourse Provides an analytical framework that can be applied to other provider-types
| Autor: | Defibaugh, Staci |
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| ISBN: | 9783319885872 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 133 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 06.06.2019 |
| Untertitel: | Accomplishing Patient-centered Care |
| Schlagworte: | Medical discourse Nurse practitioners Physician Assistants health communication health outcomes interactional practices medical checklist patient-centered care professional competency provider-patient relationships |
Staci Defibaugh is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics in the English Department at Old Dominion University, USA. Her research examines the interactional practices of nurse practitioner-patient visits, the role of neoliberalism in healthcare in the US, and the positioning of patients as being responsible for their health.