Publications

Publication details [#53490]

Plug, Leendert, Basil Sharrack and Markus Reuber. 2010. Seizure, Fit or Attack? The Use of Diagnostic Labels by Patients with Epileptic or Non-epileptic Seizures. Applied Linguistics 31 (1) : 99–114.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

disease terminology | doctor-patient conversation | evaluation | hospital | medical language

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This study evaluates patients’ own choices and their replies to a doctor's usage of various diagnostic labels for seizures via a qualitative and quantitative examination of doctor–patient interactions in a realistic hospital setting.