1. Medical Discourse: Building Bridges between Medicine and Society

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. 1. Medical Discourse: Building Bridges between Medicine and Society 1
5. 2. Variations in Medical Discourse for Academic Purposes 9
6. 3. The Clinical Case Report as a Discourse Genre in the Context of Professional Training 31
7. 4. Popular Science Articles vs Scientific Articles: A Tool for Medical Education 55
8. 5. The Ethics of Informed Consent. An Applied Linguistics Perspective 79
9. 6. Exploring the Links Between the Oral and the Written in Patient–Doctor Communication 103
10. 7. Metaphorical Aspects in Cancer Discourse 125
11. 8. Cancer Metaphors in Sports News: The Match that Must Be Won 149
12. 9. The Discourse of Mindfulness: What Language Reveals about the Mindfulness Experience 173
13. Index 199