What is it about?

Using the tools of critical discourse analysis (CDA), the paper examines how a private hospital communicates with readers through its website.

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Why is it important?

The findings shed light on the competing purposes of providing medical care and making profits of a private hospital as shown on its website and are linked to the phenomenon of medical tourism and the Thai Medical Hub project. Thus, it provides readers a critical perspective of the repercussions of medical tourism and the Thai Medical Hub project.

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The paper employed the tools of Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis and and keyword analysis in examining the data, which provided both qualitative and quantitative perspectives.

Dr Jonathan Rante Carreon
Huachiew Chalermprakiet University

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This page is a summary of: Medical tourism communication of a Thai private hospital website, Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, September 2013, Equinox Publishing,
DOI: 10.1558/japl.v8i2.165.
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