Aphasia as a Linguistic and Cultural Phenomenon

World renown aphasia expert, Dr Claire Penn will be speaking on Duke's campus and discussing her extensive work in the field of speech pathology and health communication within South Africa."Claire's main focus is in health communication and includes: adult and paediatric HIV/AIDS interactions (verbal and non-verbal), ARV pharmacy interactions, informed consent in clinical trials, genetic counselling interactions, interpreting practices, interprofessional communication, efficacy of communication training for HIV counsellors, cultural beliefs, and understanding of diseases (Wits University Faculty Profile)."