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The Language of Illness

Prof Fergus Shanahan, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at University College Cork; and Prof Mary Horgan, President of the RCPI, at the launch of Prof Shanahan’s book The Language of Illness.
The book, which looks at language and logic that can help or hinder patients, calls for more effective use of conversation-time between patients and doctors
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