Genre analysis: a means of learning more about the language of health care
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Genre analysis: a means of learning more about the language of health care

Susan Ford-Sumner Lecturer in applied psychosocial sciences, City University, St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, London UK
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Genre analysis is a means of examining the context of spoken and written language. It can, therefore, help practitioners to learn more about the language of health care. This article by Susan Ford-Sumner considers some of the literature relevant to the use of genre analysis in relation to health care, and proposes that genre analysis can help in the development of cultural sensitivity in relation to health-related texts and assessment documents

Nurse Researcher. 14, 1, 7-17. doi: 10.7748/nr2006.10.14.1.7.c6006

Keywords :

genre analysis - culture - language - health care

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01 October 2006 / Vol 14 issue 1

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