Doctor-patient Communication in Chinese and Western Medicine

Drawing on naturally-occurring Doctor-patient conversations in real-life medical consultations, this book analyses the similarities and differences in doctor-patient communication and patient satisfaction between traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and western medicine (WM) practiced in China.

Ying Jin received her PhD degree from the Department of English, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is currently involved in several international collaborations in areas such as stigma communication and patient- centeredness. Her major research interests include sociolinguistics, health communication, and workplace discourse.

1. Medical co-existence, 2. Preliminaries and methodology, 3. Interaction analysis, 4. Patient evaluation and satisfaction, 5. "Come and see me later with your diagnostic test result", 6. Lifestyle advice-giving and reception, 7. Non-medical small talk, 8. Summary, implications and future directions