35.2943, FYI: Call for Papers: Discourse of Medicine in Africa

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Subject: 35.2943, FYI: Call for Papers: Discourse of Medicine in Africa

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Date: 20-Oct-2024
From: Eniola Boluwaduro [adedoyine at gmail.com]
Subject: Call for Papers: Discourse of Medicine in Africa


Call for Papers: Discourse of Medicine in Africa

Current research on medical discourse has been dominated by
linguistic, sociological, and anthropological perspectives, often
excluding the voices of medical practitioners. This has resulted in a
limited understanding of communication in medical settings based
primarily on the underrepresentation of clinicians and their
first-hand experiences and minimal impact on actual medical practice.
Given these challenges, and the absence of a comprehensive work on
clinical discourse specific to Africa, this groundbreaking volume
seeks to address the need for an interdisciplinary approach to the
complexities of African health communication. It incorporates insights
from linguists, medical practitioners, and scholars of medical
practice.
We invite researchers, scholars and practitioners in medical
communication studies, rhetoric of health and medicine, medical
humanities, English for Healthcare, linguistics, discourse analysis,
pragmatics, sociology, medical practice and cultural studies to submit
chapters that will highlight interdisciplinary approaches to medical
and health communication and bridge the gap between academic
approach(es) to medical discourse and clinical perspectives on medical
communication in African contexts.

We welcome contributions that explore the various dimensions of
hospital communication across Africa, with emphasis on how
linguistic/or and clinical perspectives can be integrated to improve
understanding and practice. Potential topics include, but are not
limited to:
•       Doctor-patient communication and interaction patterns in
African healthcare settings.
•       Multilingualism in clinical encounters.
•       The role of non-verbal communication in medical settings.
•       Cross-cultural communication in African hospitals.
•       Discourse analysis of specific clinical settings (e.g.,
emergency rooms, surgery, physiotherapy)./
•       Communication between medical professionals:
inter-professional collaboration, consultations, and teamwork.
•       Health communication and its role in patient compliance and
outcomes.
•       Indigenous and local communication strategies in medical
practice.
•       The impact of social factors (such as age, gender, ethnicity)
on hospital communication.
•       Communicative challenges in dealing with specific diseases and
conditions prevalent in Africa.
•       The role of interpreters in multilingual health settings.
•       Ethical issues in medical communication.
•       Communication in the era of telemedicine and digital health in
Africa.
•       The influence of African cultural values and beliefs on
clinical discourse.
Interested contributors are invited to kindly submit abstracts of no
more than 300 words, clearly outlining the research focus,
methodology, and anticipated contributions to the volume. Submissions,
also including the author’s name, institutional affiliation and
contact information should be sent to
medicinediscourse.africa at gmail.com with the subject line “Discourse of
Medicine in Africa – Abstract Submission.”

Deadline: December 30, 2024

This is a 2- year project and we hope the book should be released by
the Summer of 2026.

Editors
Akinola Odebunmi, University of Ibadan
Nana Aba-Appiah Amfo, University of Ghana
Jemima Asabea Anderson, University of Ghana
Eniola Boluwaduro, Radboud University
Folarin Malomo, University of Ibadan
Ikeoluwapo Ajayi, University of Ibadan

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Clinical Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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