Problems for the Average Adult in Understanding Medical Language

Problems for the Average Adult in Understanding Medical Language [electronic resource] / Avon Crismore.

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 communic...

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Main Author: Crismore, Avon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
Subjects:
Communication Problems.
Communication Research.
Comprehension.
Interpersonal Communication.
Language Patterns.
Language Styles.
Medical Vocabulary.
Nurses.
Physician Patient Relationship.
Physicians.
Semantics.

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