Medical communication

The Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 96-110

  Collins, Sarah ^a   Peters, Sarah ^b   Watt, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917246291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203835654     Document Type: Chapter

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