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Lost Voices: 1: Medicine

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Five specialists offer their views about how manners and modes of speech have changed within different professions.

Would Mistura Tussis Nigricans have been as effective if it were labelled Black Cough Mixture? And how has the management-speak which has infiltrated the NHS affected the doctor-patient relationship? Dr Michael O'Donnell investigates.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dr Michael O'Donnell
Producer:
Joanna Rahim
Source: Radio Times

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