Samantha Requena Romero

Ánimo. Estamos con vosotros: Messages of solidarity written in a visitors’ book during a sit-in conducted by a group of immigrants in Spain:

We are experiencing a time during which there is a clear crisis of values, meaning a distancing with regard to the problems of socially disadvantaged groups. This article’s main purpose is to discuss whether this situation has had any impact on solidarity discourse towards immigrants. To fulfill our objective, we will analyse the written messages in a visitors’ book used for a sit-in that took place in Murcia, Spain, in 2001. We selected 100 of these messages to determine the degree of involvement that visitors show towards immigrants. In this regard, we have proposed four processes of involvement, from low to high: proximity, accompaniment, support and identification. We will analyse these processes from a critical and constructive viewpoint in an attempt to determine which is the most common and which combinations of processes are preferred by the authors of the messages. In addition, we will focus on the use of key expressions, terms of intensification, and argumentative structures as basic elements for the interpretation of these processes of involvement.

Cómo recuerdan los pacientes la comunicación del diagnóstico. A propósito de quince testimonios relacionados con enfermedades poco frecuentes

Abstract: Doctor-patient communication has led, in recent years, great interest among the health community. Communicating the diagnosis is one of the key moments for people suffering an illness. In this paper, we will analyze 15 testimonies of people and families affected by a rare disease. We will observe how they remember the moment when they were told the diagnosis, paying close attention to the discourse processes and techniques related to space (representing direction, itinerary and speed) and the use of other relevant discourse strategies (communication accommodation). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Resumen: La comunicacion medico-paciente ha suscitado, en los ultimos anos, gran interes entre la comunidad sanitaria. La comunicacion del diagnostico es uno de los momentos mas importantes para las personas que sufren una enfermedad. En este trabajo vamos a analizar 15 testimonios de personas y familiares de afectados por una enfermedad rara o poco frecuente. Observaremos como recuerdan el momento en el que les comunicaron el diagnostico, prestando maxima atencion a los procesos y tecnicas discursivas relacionadas con el espacio (representacion de la direccion, del recorrido y de la velocidad), asi como al empleo de otras tecnicas discursivas (acomodacion comunicativa).