PhD candidate Bonnie Cheng from UQ’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences featured on ABC Radio National discussing speech pathologists’ reflections on answering the question ‘Will I get better?’ asked by people living with aphasia.
If you’ve ever had a long-term medical condition, or you’re close to someone who has, you’ll know that the question at the top of your mind is “when will I get better”? And that the answer is often not a satisfying one.
So why are medicos often so bad at giving us a straight answer to this question – and how could they respond better?
