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Professor, Department Chair
Elaine Hsieh
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities · Department of Communication Studies
Studies interpersonal and intercultural communication in health care, including interpreter-mediated medical interactions, cultural frameworks of health, and bioethics.研究医疗情境中的人际与跨文化传播,包括口译员介入的医患互动、健康的文化框架以及生命伦理。
Research areas (as listed by the department)
Health Communication, with an emphasis of interpersonal and intercultural issues in health contextsCulture and Health, with a focus on cultural frameworks and perspectives that shape individual health behaviors and institutional policiesInterpreting Studies, highlighting the communicative and interactive nature of interpreter-mediated interactionsBioethics, with expertise in interpersonal and crosscultural contexts