Medical slang in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID5225086
AuthorsChristopher Peterson (0000-0003-1697-5702, Fiocruz, Brazil, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume14
Issue4
Pages671-699
Publication date1998-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x1998000400002
PMID9878893
OpenAlexW2150487236
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X1998000400002
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited14

The author analyzes medical slang in Rio de Janeiro based on the view of interactive or live metaphor proposed by such authors as Black and Ricoeur, applied to puns and other jokes from medical work, with the goal of unveiling what physicians mean by this linguistic register. The article classifies medical slang in three broad areas, pertaining to the physician's relations with professional training and knowledge, patients, and health care services. Comparing his empirical material with previous studies focusing on hospital slang for patients, the author identifies, in addition, a range of slang terms for health care services themselves. The article points to interfaces between medical slang and the Brazilian "health hypercrisis" identified by Schramm

Health care · Linguistics · Medical education · Metaphor · Political science · Slang · Sociology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · linguistics and terminology studies · Medicine · Psychology · Translation Studies and Practices

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