Doctors’ Pragmatic Identity Construction Based on The Doctors

Chenlu ZENG, Fang GUO

Abstract


In recent years, conflicts between doctors and patients in China have occurred from time to time. In the past, some scholars conducted research on the doctor-patient relationship, but there are few studies on doctors’ pragmatic identity construction. Therefore, guided by Chen Xinren’s pragmatic identity theory, using python as an analytical aid, this paper uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis to conduct a study of doctor’s pragmatic identity construction based on a medical documentary The Doctors. The main focus of this study is not only the types of pragmatic identity constructed by doctors in the documentary, but also the emotional characteristics of these pragmatic identities. According to this research, the doctors in the documentary The Doctors mainly construct expert identity, peer identity, and stress bearer identity. The overall emotional characteristics of the constructed pragmatic identities are neutral, and positive emotions are greater than negative ones. This paper has certain research significance. For one thing, this study provides a new research perspective for doctors’ pragmatic identity construction, that is, to study the overall emotional characteristics of the constructed identities. For another, this study can help the public understand the pragmatic identity of doctors to a certain extent, and promote the harmonious relationship between doctors and patients.


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/12002

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