What’s in a name? A discussion of what medical students and junior doctors call their senior colleagues, and why it matters
How should a medical student address their clinical tutor? Sociolinguistic ideas such as politeness theory tell us that the choice of formal or informal terms of address is determined by the positions of those communicating on two axes; relative status and degree of intimacy. This positioning is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
2017-09-01
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| Series: | MedEdPublish |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mededpublish.org/Manuscripts/1213 |