The understanding of medical language in the communication between cardiologists/patients and cardiologists/editors

Authors

  • Yurima Hernández de la Rosa Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara
  • Tunia Gil Hernández Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara

Keywords:

communication, language, cardiology, patient

Abstract

Every doctor should know how language works. The selection and combination of the elements that integrate it must be directed to adjust a message that does not disorient the listener. The use of the precise word possesses an incalculable value for the human being, if one keeps in mind the ethical dimension of the tasks that are reiterated in each one of the oral and written acts. This article is aimed at prompting a reflection on the command of communication between cardiologists and patients and between cardiologists and editors, in a way that these two recipients of the message transmitted by these specialists do not think that their interlocutors are hiding something in their message or that they pursue an objective that they are not able to interpret, either orally or in writing. Furthermore, if the act of communication is implemented through words and expressions taken from English, the communication process among them can be affected even more.

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Published

2009-01-01

How to Cite

1.
Hernández de la Rosa Y, Gil Hernández T. The understanding of medical language in the communication between cardiologists/patients and cardiologists/editors. CorSalud [Internet]. 2009 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Sep. 13];1(1). Available from: https://revcorsalud.sld.cu/index.php/cors/article/view/1053

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2009)

Section

SPECIAL ARTICLES

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