When Cancer Isn't Just a Word: Translating Medicine's Native Language

[riky]

When Cancer Isn't Just a Word: Translating Medicine's Native Language

<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hippo-reads/when-cancer-isnt-just-a-w_b_5399969.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/E1Z6qu06AeSkcQuSv6rHwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-global/dims3/GLOB/resize/200x200/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1826696/original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="When Cancer Isn't Just a Word: Translating Medicine's Native Language" align="left" title="When Cancer Isn't Just a Word: Translating Medicine's Native Language" border="0" /></a>What's in a word is more than just language -- there's assignment of culpability, patient personhood, a world of feeling that is often, and for critical reason, removed from the linguistics of medical speak.</p><br clear="all"/>

Source: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login