Doctor-Patient Power Relation

A Systemic Functional Analysis of a Doctor-Patient Consultation

Bibliographic Data

ID23038326
AuthorsNguyen Thanh Nga (corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume33
Issue3
Publication date2017-05-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVNU Journal of Foreign Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2525-2445 • E-ISSN: 2525-2445
PublisherVietnam National University of Languages and International Studies (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25073/2525-2445/vnufs.4153
OpenAlexW2767617484
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited4

This paper attempts to explore the power relation between a doctor and a patient through the language they use at a consultation. The consultation is taken from YouTube. The doctor and the patient are women of different ages. The doctor is much younger than the patient. The paper uses systemic functional linguistics as the main theoretical framework, following the top-down approach to analysis; particularly from the analysis of the consultation in terms of field, tenor and mode down to the analysis of the consultation in terms of transitivity, mood and modality. The results of the analysis have revealed that behind the language the doctor and the patient used in their interaction exists social relation in which the doctor has the power over the patient.

Family medicine · Field (mathematics) · Linguistics · Modality (human–computer interaction) · Mood · Power (physics) · Relation (database) · Systemic functional grammar · Systemic functional linguistics · Transitive relation · Artificial Intelligence · Communication Studies and Media · Computer Science · Education and Communication Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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