Language and meaning

<p>Language is important in all walks of life and has changed hugely over the years because</p><p>of how humans communicate.</p><br><p>In this episode I look at its importance and its role in health and medicine, nuances in language and how we can try to work out what someone means from what they say.</p><br><p>You can cross reference to my episode on Consultations which overlaps with this nicely and covers the way in which we communicate.</p><br><p>Links:&nbsp;</p><br><p>Rita Charon's work on narrative medicine: <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1949238/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1949238/</a></p><br><p>John Launer’s 7 C’s:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.gp-training.net/communication-skills/communication-skills-theory/narrative-based-medicine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gp-training.net/communication-skills/communication-skills-theory/narrative-based-medicine/</a></p><br><p>Interesting paper on language, culture and medicine:&nbsp;<a href="https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&amp;context=fmch_articles" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&amp;context=fmch_articles</a></p><br><p>Pragmatics in language:&nbsp;<a href="https://all-about-linguistics.group.shef.ac.uk/branches-of-linguistics/pragmatics/what-is-pragmatics/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://all-about-linguistics.group.shef.ac.uk/branches-of-linguistics/pragmatics/what-is-pragmatics/</a></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>