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Download full textCrismore, Avon – 1982
Like legal language, medical language is a private language, a separate stratum containing some words specially defined for medical purposes, some existing only in the medical vocabulary, and some adding precision or solemnity. These characteristics often cause a breakdown in patient-doctor communication. Analysis of data obtained from prototype…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Comprehension, Interpersonal Communication
