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• The Language of Medicine 

  Cooper, Richard; Cohen, Robert; Cohen, Harvey J.; Lambird, Perry A.; Langford, Herbert G.; Mayock, Peter (1982-10-07)
• What Is Wrong With the Language of Medicine? 

  Fein, Rashi (1982-04-08)

  Concerned that the current tendency to speak of medical care in terms of efficiency and cost control will have a deleterious impact on the practice of medicine, the author calls for restructuring the health care system ...
• What's in a Word: The Distancing Function of Language in Medicine 

  Mintz, David (1992)

  Medical language frequently contains linguistic forms that serve to create a social distance between physicians and patients. This distance develops not only out of poor communication with the patient, but also, and more ...