Communicating with Patients with Disability: Perspectives of Practicing Physicians.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Patient-centered care for people with disability requires effective communication and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). OBJECTIVE:To understand physicians' perspectives on communication experiences with people with disability. DESIGN:Twenty semi-structured individual interviews. Interview recordings were transcribed verbatim for analysis. SETTING:Massachusetts, October 2017-January 2018. PARTICIPANTS:Twenty physicians ranging from 8 to 51 years in practice in primary care or 4 other specialties. MEASUREMENTS:Commonly expressed themes around communication with people with disability. RESULTS:Concerns coalesced around 4 broad categories: communication experiences with people who are deaf or hard of hearing, communication with people who are blind or have v

SUBMITTER: Agaronnik N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614249 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature