Iveta Tasheva
Sofia University
Hospital Sofiamed
https://doi.org/10.53656/bel2025-3-6T
Abstract. The paper traces the characteristics of modern medical language and motivates why it can be thought of as a kind of jargon that is often understandable only to those who know it. Examples are given of its typical features that can make it enigmatic for patients and even mislead them, as well as of some of its features, such as the use of the plural or specific medical humour, which further exacerbate the difficulties of dialogue with patients.
Keywords:medical language; patient; dialogue; misunderstanding
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