Language and Medicine

A short analysis on a preliminary practitioner-patientinterview: a case study

Franklin de la Cruz M

In partial fulfillment of the Seminar in Discourse Analysis.Universidad de Chile.2013

Phd. Saeid Atoofi. UCLA.

Overview

Presentation based on Fleischman Suzanne: Medical Language and discourse Genres

Primary teller

Medic controls interaction (Beckman and Frankel 1984 (18sec))

Symptoms, diagnosis and Metaphorical expressions

This interaction takes place in the preliminary interview between a specialist and a woman diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

Symbols: P= patient M= medic

Fibromyalgia

It is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness in localized areas.

Merriam Webster

Geraldine Van Rijn-Van Tongeren (Reference back by Fleischman, S: Language and Medicine)

CatachreticFill gap in vocabulary

DidacticExplain new concepts

Theory-constitutiveNot known phenomena

Text: practitioner focused

Catachretic

P:...y empec a sentir dolores (0.2) en 'to:do mi cue:rpo (0.4) pero en 'to:do (1) despus de los dolores (1) poco a poco vino (0.2)una

M: (mmm... )

P:como si fuera una oruga que me fueraEnvolviendo desde los pies (0.6) me iba

M: (mhh)

P: =paralizando

M:entonces...

Didactic and narrator pivot

M:y que y >duerme toda la noche