This book presents the methodology, findings and implications of a large-scale corpus-
based study of the metaphors used to talk about cancer and the end of life (including care at …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals adopted by world leaders on September 25,
2015, aimed to end poverty and hunger, promote gender equity, empower women and girls …

Objective To compare the frequencies with which patients with cancer and health
professionals use Violence and Journey metaphors when writing online; and to investigate …

In the context of cancer, humour and joking can still be seen as socially unacceptable. Yet
people with cancer can find relief in making light of their often life-threatening situations …

Objective More understanding is needed about the emotional experiences of dementia from
the perspective of the individual. This understanding can then inform the provision of health …

Communication during a crisis can affect crisis management and health outcomes. Only a
few studies in Africa have examined political leaders' speeches on Covid-19 pandemic …

This book investigates how social media are reconfiguring dying, death, and mourning.
Taking a narrative approach, it argues that dying, death, and mourning are shared online as …

What are the linguistic characteristics of nurse-patient interactions? What are the discourse
characteristics of the nurse-patient assessment interviews used to train future nurses? How …

The Language of Patient Feedback provides a unique insight into a diverse range of issues
related to healthcare. Through the comprehensive and detailed interrogation of 29 million …

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Health Communication consists of forty
chapters that provide a broad, comprehensive, and systematic overview of the role that …