USE OF DIMINUTIVES IN ECUADOR: SIGN OF TRUST IN THE DOCTOR-PATIENT, NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP
Investigation article
Keywords:
diminutives, medical staff, Ecuador, sign, trust, patients, relationshipAbstract
Using diminutives in formal and informal language in Ecuador is very popular and therefore also in areas such as the health area. This paper aims to identify the main diminutives used by medical staff with adult patients and their main reasons to use them. Also, to know patient opinion about the use of diminutives at medical appointments. Through an online survey, information is obtained to verify the proposed hypothesis. Results allow to know: the most used diminutive according to the medical Staff is "un ratito" and the diminutive most listened by patients is part of the phrase "deme su bracito". The main reasons why medical staff use diminutives at medical appointments are: 1. Give trust to their patients, 2. as a polite set expression. Relate to this topic patient opinion is divided: chiefly, there are those who actually when they listen diminutives feel in a confidence-building environment, others who say that they do not care about listening diminutives and finally, those who prefer that medical staff does not use diminutives with them.
Keywords: diminutives, medical staff, Ecuador, sign, trust, patients, relationship.
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