Bypassing Brain Injury

The case study explores how epistemic injustice may manifest in the context of brain injury. It will focus specifically on acquired and traumatic brain injury (ABI and TBI), examining how both testimonial and hermeneutical injustice arise in patient–healthcare professional interactions, as well as structurally within rehabilitation and legal settings. To investigate this, qualitative methods will be deployed, including semi-structured interviews and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). In patient–healthcare professional interactions, changes in memory, language or behaviour following ABI or TBI shape communication and credibility. 

 Team members

• Data collection and analysis: Kate Lynch (PhD candidate, University of Birmingham)
• EPIC Project investigators: Professor Lisa Bortolotti and Professor Matthew Broome (University of Birmingham)

Outreach

 Kate Lynch - Blog post: Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare: Acquired Brain Injury and Epistemic Injustice