Use of technical language and doctor-patient relationship: an analysis in intercultural contexts

Journal title SALUTE E SOCIETÀ
Author/s Sergio Pasquandrea
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/1EN
Language English Pages 22 P. 82-103 File size 410 KB
DOI 10.3280/SES2013-001007EN
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One of the means through which the professional knowledge of the doctors is conveyed is the use of the medical jargon, which also serves the purpose of negotiating the doctors' epistemic authority. This contribution takes into account a corpus of interactions between Italian doctors and foreign patents. The communicative strategies of the doctors and the patients, particularly in regard of the treatment of technical terms, will be analysed through the methodologies of conversation analysis.

Keywords: Technical language, conversation analysis, intercultural communication, professional knowledge, doctors' authority, doctor-patient communication

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Sergio Pasquandrea, Use of technical language and doctor-patient relationship: an analysis in intercultural contexts in "SALUTE E SOCIETÀ" 1EN/2013, pp 82-103, DOI: 10.3280/SES2013-001007EN