Vicent Montalt-Resurrecció is Full Professor in the Department of Translation and Communication Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Spain. He is co-author of Medical Translation Step by Step (Routledge, 2007).

Isabel García-Izquierdo is Full Professor in the Department of Translation and Communication Studies at the Universitat Jaume I, Spain. She is author of Divulgación médica y traducción. El género información para pacientes (2009).

Ana Muñoz-Miquel is Professor in the Department of Translation and Communication Studies at the Universitat Jaume, Spain. She is the author of La traducción médico-sanitaria: profesión y formación (2023).

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Understanding contexts in patient-centred communication

Chapter 2 Diversity of text genres for patients

Chapter 3 Exploring multiple modes, codes, formats and media

Chapter 4 Analysing your target audience

Chapter 5 Creating texts for patients: comprehensibility

Chapter 6 Creating texts for patients: empathy

Chapter 7 Starting research in patient-centred translation and communication

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