W. H. R. Rivers Prize Essay (1988)
Fracturing the Language of Biomedicine: The Speech Play of U.S. Physicians
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20183160 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Burson‐tolpin (University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 283-293 |
| Publication date | 1989-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Anthropology Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0745-5194 • E-ISSN: 1548-1387 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/maq.1989.3.3.02a00070 |
| OpenAlex | W2158669329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
Play with the professional language of biomedicine is endemic in American hospitals. In this article 1 present a typology of such speech play forms and suggest that biomedical speech play represents an alternative biomedical voice distinct from both that of the lifeworld and that of objective, scientific biomedicine. The voice that speaks through biomedical speech play embodies social and emotional concerns that are devalued in the professional ideology of biomedicine but that cannot be ignored by biomedical practitioners. Biomedical speech play thus presents an alternative (and necessary) reconstruction of biomedical reality
Biomedicine · Ideology · Lifeworld · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Empathy and Medical Education · Law · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2024 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |