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A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Doctor-Patient Communication.
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Simmons, Margaret – 1998
This study analyzed doctor-patient communication from a sociolinguistic perspective, focusing on two issues: (1) why patients are not more effective in asserting themselves in talking with doctors, and (2) why doctors don't talk more like normal people (i.e., patients). Research on communication in health care contexts is reviewed, looking at such…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries