Applying Linguistics in Illness and Healthcare Contexts

Book Overview

All aspects of illness and healthcare are mediated by language: experiences of illness, death and healthcare provision are talked and written about (face-to-face or online), while medical consultations, research interviews, public health communications and even some diagnostic instruments are all inherently linguistic in nature. How we talk to, about and for each other in such a sensitive context has consequences for our relationships, our sense of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135024712X
• ISBN13: 9781350247123
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"