What did the doctor say? Patients’ comprehension of allergy consultations in a French university hospital

Marcin Trzmielewski (1) , Davide Caimmi , Luciana Tanno , Laetitia Ferrando , Didier Ducarteron , Pascal Demoly

1 LERASS - Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherches Appliquées en Sciences Sociales

While health care specialists have a foundational allergy related knowledge, patients only have some socially and culturally derived notions of health and illness. Hence, sometimes, during the medical consultation, it may be difficult to find a common level of discourse between patients and health care providers. A misunderstanding may be an obstacle to make informed decisions regarding care and adhering to treatment, and potentially breakdown the physician-patient relation. The aim of the present monocentric study was to examine the comprehension of the physician’s discourse by patients, after an allergy consultation.

Mots clés: Allergology; Patient communication; Comprehension - interpretation; Medical discourse

Mots clés: Allergologie; Communciation médecin-patient; Compréhension; Discours médical

Domaines: Sciences de l'information et de la communication; Allergologie

Marcin Trzmielewski, Davide Caimmi, Luciana Tanno, Laetitia Ferrando, Didier Ducarteron, et al.. What did the doctor say? Patients’ comprehension of allergy consultations in a French university hospital. 2020, pp.100365. ⟨10.1016/j.waojou.2020.100365⟩. ⟨hal-03226743⟩