Reflective Writing in Medical Practice - A Linguistic Perspective

This book presents a linguistic analysis of reflective written texts, produced during medical education or practice. It explores the topics and communication skills the authors write about, how the narratives develop, what genres influence their composition and how the writers linguistically create their identities as experts or novices.

About the author

Miriam A. Locher is Professor of the Linguistics of English, University of Basel, Switzerland. She is co-editor (with Franziska Gygax) of Narrative Matters in Medical Contexts across Disciplines (2015, John Benjamins) and co-editor (with Andreas H. Jucker) of Pragmatics of Fiction (2017, de Gruyter).

Summary

This book presents a linguistic analysis of reflective written texts, produced during medical education or practice. It explores the topics and communication skills the authors write about, how the narratives develop, what genres influence their composition and how the writers linguistically create their identities as experts or novices.

Product details

• Authors: Miriam A Locher, Miriam A. Locher
• Publisher: Channel View Publications - IPSUK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781783098231
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-823-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: Language at Work; Multilingual Matters; Language at Work
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science