What Do the Doctors Say?

How Doctors Create a World Through Their Words

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Patient Care, Diagnosis, Alternative & Holistic Medicine, Holistic Medicine
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Author: Janet Farrell Leontiou Ph.D. ISBN: 9781450225816
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: July 16, 2010
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Janet Farrell Leontiou Ph.D.
ISBN: 9781450225816
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: July 16, 2010
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

The medical world creates its own culture. This culture, however, would not continue if it were not for our participation. As consumers of health care, the way in which we talk, too, maintains the medical culture as it is. This culture frequently dismisses the wisdom of parents and talks them out of their own sense. We, as parents, co-create a culture that continually diminishes us. This collaboration has disastrous consequences for our children. How many times have you heard about a parent having a particular insight into his/her child only to be dissuaded from the truth by the doctor? What Do the Doctors Say? provides stories from the authors own experience as a mother. As a scholar of communication, she has identified twelve language patterns that are used to create medical culture. The book is written particularly for parents of children with disabilities but may be a useful tool for all consumers of health care.

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The medical world creates its own culture. This culture, however, would not continue if it were not for our participation. As consumers of health care, the way in which we talk, too, maintains the medical culture as it is. This culture frequently dismisses the wisdom of parents and talks them out of their own sense. We, as parents, co-create a culture that continually diminishes us. This collaboration has disastrous consequences for our children. How many times have you heard about a parent having a particular insight into his/her child only to be dissuaded from the truth by the doctor? What Do the Doctors Say? provides stories from the authors own experience as a mother. As a scholar of communication, she has identified twelve language patterns that are used to create medical culture. The book is written particularly for parents of children with disabilities but may be a useful tool for all consumers of health care.

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