On language-use guidelines
I tend to protest against simple all-or-nothing guidelines of language use for healthcare professionals. Apart some particular contexts, such instructions tend to be counteruseful and, in my view, should not be proposed. This post is about one such set of guidelines. Continue reading “On language-use guidelines”
How to do qualitative research
The interest in the post on how not to do qualitative research went way beyond what I expected. Soon after I posted it, however, I was challenged to write its positive version: how to do qualitative research. And so, here it is. This post contains some ‘bad language’.
I’m scared, you know
How many times can you take my consent for a procedure? Is there a way I could not run around in a hospital gown? How about seeing a person? The other day I had a CT scan.
Not everything is a discourse
Discourse is fashionable, discourse is in. Half social sciences and humanities ‘do discourse’, I suspect some physics and engineering might soon be doing it, too. Versions of discourse analysis are spreading like wildfire. For me, I must admit that I am somewhat overwhelmed by how often I hear about discourse. So, today, I want to suggest that not everything is a discourse. Continue reading “Not everything is a discourse”