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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2025
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
English
First Advisor
Richard Marback
Abstract
My dissertation brings a linguistic justice framework to the study of patient-provider communication, a vital area of study in health and medicine research. My work explores how African American rhetoric shows up in conversations between African American patients and their providers. Communication between providers and Black patients tends to be of poorer quality (in comparison to white patients and patients of other races), detrimentally impacting health outcomes. Thus, I argue that attending to African American rhetorical practices in these conversations justifies the need to analyze patient-provider communication through a lens of linguistic justice.
Recommended Citation
Braxton, Carly L., "You Have To Listen Differently: Identifying African American Rhetoric & Discourse In Patient-Provider Communication" (2025). Wayne State University Dissertations. 4194.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/4194