Dr Maria Dahm
School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
Dr Maria Dahm is a Senior Research Fellow in the ANU Institute for Communication in Healthcare.
Dr Dahm is an applied linguist who researches diagnosis, patient safety and policy. She is currently working in healthcare communication on a project how diagnostic uncertainty is expressed in Emergency Departments
Her research sits at the nexus of health communication and health services research and focuses on investigating the impact of health communication in quality and safety of care and improving consumer engagement in health communication research. She is a leader in the field of diagnostic communication with a particular focus on diagnostic uncertainty.
Past research projects include analyses of communication for chronic kidney disease, medical terminology, test results management and COVID-19 and transition of care.
Fields of expertise
Articles
It’s time to stop gaslighting women when it comes to their health
If you are a woman, especially one marginalised due to gender identity, sexual orientation, language, cultural or ethnic…
Doctor, doctor gimme the news: how to get the right diagnosis
When we go to the doctor’s office with a health issue, most of us want to know what’s…
Calls to empower patients and reduce diagnostic error
If Jen didn’t fight to convince her doctors something was seriously wrong with her, there could have been…