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## Background "A word, discourse, language or culture undergoes 'dialogization' when it becomes relativized, deprivileged, aware of competing definitions for the same thing. Undialogized language is authoritative and absolute." (Bakhtin, 1935(Bakhtin, /1981, p. 427) , p. 427) Health-defined by the World Health Organization as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization)-is one of the most fundamental values in today's societies. The physical, mental and social aspects of health indicated by the WHO suggest contexts in which communication is bound to be a major contributing factor. ### 1.1. Medical and healthcare settings Medical and healthcare settings are embedded in a complex and varied continuum of communication, interaction and dialogue-ranging from the laboratory to the clinic and to patient education-in which participants of all kinds-patients, physicians, nurses, the general public, researchers, healthcare managers, policy makers, technicians, journalists, writers, translators, interpreters, etc.-each with different linguistic and cultural backgr

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Author

Vicent Montalt; Mark Shuttleworth

Publisher

Artesis University Press, Department of Translators & Interpreters

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9789057182396

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Medicine