Health Professionals' Views of Communication: Implications for Assessing Performance on a Health-Specific English Language Test

TESOL Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 409-419

  Elder, Cathie ^a   Pill, John ^a   Woodward Kron, Robyn ^a   McNamara, Tim ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^a   Webb, Gillian ^a   McColl, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84863742769     PISSN: 00398322     EISSN: 15457249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tesq.26     Document Type: Article

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