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Risk and Dignity in Requesting Signed Language Interpreter Accommodations
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine
|August 8, 2022
Summary
Deaf patients face risks when requesting accommodations like signed language interpreters in healthcare. Expanding the dignity of risk concept acknowledges these unique interpreter-mediated experiences and potential harms.
Area of Science:
- Medical Sociology
- Disability Studies
- Linguistics
Background:
- Requesting accommodations, such as signed language interpreters, in healthcare settings poses risks for deaf patients.
- The concept of 'dignity of risk' is often narrowly defined, excluding unique experiences like those mediated by interpreters.
Purpose of the Study:
- To expand the concept of dignity of risk to include interpreter-mediated experiences for deaf patients in healthcare.
- To analyze epistemic injustice and its impact on deaf individuals' dignity within healthcare settings.
Main Methods:
- The study uses two case examples of signed language interpreting in healthcare.
- It analyzes the concept of epistemic injustice in relation to insider knowledge within the deaf community.
Main Results:
- The dignity of risk emerges in interpreter-mediated healthcare experiences for deaf patients.
- Asymmetries in knowledge can lead to epistemic injustice, potentially harming a deaf individual's dignity.
Conclusions:
- Concerns about dignity and risk for deaf individuals in healthcare require careful evaluation.
- Acknowledging the dignity of risk in unique experiences is crucial for equitable healthcare access.
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