Constructing Patienthood in Brokered Medical Interaction: Iraqi–English Encounters

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Afaf Ali

Constructing Patienthood in Brokered Medical Interaction

Iraqi–English Encounters

Afaf Ali

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
15 December 2023

linguistics; Anthropology; Doctor patient relationship

Drawing on extensive firsthand experience of face-to-face meetings between patients and healthcare practitioners, Constructing Patienthood is the first book-length work dedicated to situating limited-English-speaking patients on equal footing with their interlocutors as essential partners in the process of meaning-making. Afaf Ali Nash builds on theoretical and empirical advancements in socio-medical research and language brokering to show how immigrant patients strike a balance between working cooperatively with their language brokers, or independently by overriding the language-assistance process to actuate multiple membership categories as patients, parents, and language brokerees. In doing so, they secure interactional zones that challenge the discursive asymmetries inherent in mediated doctor-patient encounters. This timely work makes it clear that impactful change in healthcare begins with successful communication.

By: Afaf Ali
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9781666902389
ISBN 10: 1666902381
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 15 December 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Afaf Ali Nash is assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Center for the Study of International Migration.

Reviews for Constructing Patienthood in Brokered Medical Interaction: Iraqi–English Encounters

Delving deeply into the nuances of agency and speakership of immigrant patients by examining the complex interactions between the language broker, the language brokeree, and the medical professional, Constructing Patienthood fills several important gaps in the field and is a superb contribution on the subject of social interaction and language brokering in medical settings!--Sarah Crafter, The Open University