During the course of conducting research across projects at Imperial College London with parents, patients, and clinicians, my colleagues and I have identified that the language used by clinicians and researchers plays a strong role in the experiences of patients and parents of patients.
This talk will discuss several of the linguistic phenomena that we have identified through current literature on the nature of linguistics, language, medicine, science, and patient/parent experiences, along with the recommendations that we have presented and will present to clinicians and researchers to support patient and parent experiences of clinical care and research.
About the speaker:
Will Lammons is a Co-PPI Research Lead for the Neonatal Medicine Research Group at Imperial College London with Chelsea Westminster Hospital. He is also a Co-Design Researcher for the UK genomic research charity, Our Future Health.
Will holds Master's and Bachelor's of Arts degrees in Anthropology from the University of Colorado and Millsaps College. Will is trained as an ethnographer and qualitative researcher and has extensive experience as a filmmaker, media specialist, and photographer in the US and Mexico.
He takes particular interest in applying his skills to support research on patient experiences of care and research.
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