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Frontiers in Medical Science Research, 2020, 2(1); doi: 10.25236/FMSR.2020.020104.

Prognosis Communication to Patients with Cancer by Chinese and Thai Oncologists

Author(s)

Xirui Cai1, Jidapha Setthajan2

Corresponding Author:
Xirui Cai
Affiliation(s)

1 Department of Foreign Languages, Kunming Medical University, China
2 School of Foreign Languages, Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand

Abstract

In order to explore how Chinese and Thai oncologists deliver prognostic information to patients at different stages of cancer in both L1s (Chinese and Thai) and English, this study adopts written discourse completion tasks (DCTs) and semi-structured interviews for analysis. The results reveal that communication predictors adopted by Chinese and Thai oncologists are Optimism about the past or present and Optimism about the future to the patients at early- and advanced-stage cancer, but the predictor of Pessimism about the past or present is used to a patient at advanced stage of cancer by Chinese and Thai oncologists.

Keywords

Chinese and Thai oncologists; prognosis communication; communication predictors; discourse completion tasks

Cite This Paper

Zhu Huamin, Bao Shijie, Lin Baixing, Sun Zhiqiang. Prognosis Communication to Patients with Cancer by Chinese and Thai Oncologists. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2020) Vol. 2 Issue 1: 28-40. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2020.020104.

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