Objectives An increasing number of International Medical Graduates (IMG), who are defined
to be physicians working in a country other than their country of origin and training …

Background Miscommunication in the healthcare sector can be life-threatening. The rising
number of migrant patients and foreign-trained staff means that communication errors …

torical survey of language and intercultural communication studies with a critical assessment
of past and present theory, research, and practice, as well as an insight into future directions …

Based on detailed multi-disciplinary analyses of more than 800 recorded handover
interactions, audits of written handover documentation, interviews and survey responses, the …

We analyzed eight interactions between clinicians and simulated patients or family members
discussing adverse events in patient care. We targeted the interactants' accommodative …

Background Interactions between people from different cultures are becoming increasingly
commonplace in contemporary healthcare settings. To date, most research evaluating cross …

In this paper, we discuss the ways that communication accommodation theory (CAT) can be
a useful framework for understanding and diagnosing interactional issues in interpersonal …

This study sought to better understand how speakers react, and what factors predict their
evaluations of interaction, when a language barrier renders conventional verbal …

The chapters in this book canvass a wide variety of contexts, and provide a strong sense of
how Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) has developed and where it is today …

In this first book-length treatment of MELF, the authors assert that MELF represents an
important contribution to our understanding of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), in that …