What is it about?
Critique of methods proposed by Abrahamson and Rubin and the approach they took to studying online health discourse - between health professionals and patients.
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Why is it important?
We believe that it is important to go back to the original discourse analysis method, and not a simplified version.
Perspectives
One of the authors (Alexander Urquhart) is an applied linguist and has studied discourse analysis, the other author has researched health information and communication.
Dr Christine J Urquhart
Aberystwyth University
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This page is a summary of: Commentary on Abrahamson and Rubin (2012) “Discourse structure differences in lay and professional health communication”, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 68 No. 6, pp. 826-851, Journal of Documentation, March 2015, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/jd-02-2014-0036.
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