Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China
Thesis: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2017.
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| author | Tong, Yao, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Scot Osterweil. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1135482021-07-17T02:04:58Z Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China Tong, Yao, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Scot Osterweil. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Comparative Media Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing Comparative Media Studies. Thesis: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2017. "September 2017." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-97). In recent years, the incidence of violence against Chinese doctors has increased dramatically, with the scale, frequency and viciousness of attacks shocking the world. The challenging doctor-patient relationship remains a complicated issue with no single cause. When the tension intensifies, some news media tend to blame the doctors, using misleading narratives to create sensationalism, thereby aggravating the antagonism between the society and medical professionals. Much scholarship has focused on exploring the social, economic, political, legal, and medical aspects of the doctor- patient relationship. In contrast, little research has been done to interrogate the media's role in contributing to the tension. Additionally, although most studies are concerned with proposing suggestions, no study has posed an intervention to combat the twisted depictions of doctors and to abate the worsening doctor-patient tension. To this end, this thesis examines the role of the media to provide an explanatory analysis of its influence on the doctor-patient relationship, and then leverages on the power of narrative to offer an intervention as an aid to the current doctor-patient tension. User feedback has been collected and analyzed to measure the effectiveness of this project. The aim of this intervention is to help promote perspective taking, increase awareness, and foster understanding toward medical professionals in China. by Yao Tong. 2018-02-08T16:28:40Z 2018-02-08T16:28:40Z 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113548 1020252215 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 97 pages application/pdf a-cc--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Comparative Media Studies. Tong, Yao, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China |
| title | Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China |
| title_full | Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China |
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| title_short | Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China |
| title_sort | narrative as an aid for the doctor patient relationship in china |
| topic | Comparative Media Studies. |
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