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The Structure of Clinical Consultation: A Case of Non-Native Speakers of English as Participants
Author(s) -
Hossein Bagheri,
Noor Aireen Ibrahim,
Hadina Habil
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
global journal of health science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-9744
pISSN - 1916-9736
DOI - 10.5539/gjhs.v7n1p249
Subject(s) - mainstream , multiculturalism , psychology , medical education , family medicine , nursing , medicine , pedagogy , political science , law
In many parts of the world, patients may find it difficult to visit doctors who share the same language and culture due to the intermingling of people and international recruitment of doctors among many other reasons. In these multilingual multicultural settings (MMSs), doctor-patient interactions face new communication challenges. This study aims to identify the structure of clinical consultation and its phases in an MMS where both doctors and patients are non-native speakers (NNSs) of English.

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