{"title":"The patient or lay person as expert","authors":"Rolf Wynn","doi":"10.1558/cam.26000","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the interview, Sarangi rightly points to the increasing drive to recognize patients, and more generally, lay persons, as experts and decision-makers. For instance, patients have their own unique knowledge of being a patient and receiver of healthcare services. A patient also knows what is important to him or her and must therefore play a crucial role in the decision-making process relating to the care given.","PeriodicalId":39728,"journal":{"name":"Communication and Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Communication and Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.26000","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the interview, Sarangi rightly points to the increasing drive to recognize patients, and more generally, lay persons, as experts and decision-makers. For instance, patients have their own unique knowledge of being a patient and receiver of healthcare services. A patient also knows what is important to him or her and must therefore play a crucial role in the decision-making process relating to the care given.
期刊介绍:
Communication & Medicine continues to abide by the following distinctive aims: • To consolidate different traditions of discourse and communication research in its commitment to an understanding of psychosocial, cultural and ethical aspects of healthcare in contemporary societies. • To cover the different specialities within medicine and allied healthcare studies. • To underscore the significance of specific areas and themes by bringing out special issues from time to time. • To be fully committed to publishing evidence-based, data-driven original studies with practical application and relevance as key guiding principles.