Changing roles of patient information leaflets in the UK: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis

Nicola Pelizzari
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Effective health communication with non-expert audiences is crucial to empower patients to make informed decisions about their medications. Patient information leaflets (PILs), which accompany medicines, aim to provide essential information about the medication, its administration, precautions, and potential side effects. The contents and objectives of PILs have changed over time, following the shift towards a patient-centered healthcare. With the aim of capturing this shift, this study uses corpus-assisted discourse analysis to analyse two corpora of British PILs across two distinct periods, 1900–1930 and 2010–2020. This paper combines quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate linguistic and pragmatic trends and the change in PILs’ communicative roles. The findings reveal that early 20th-century PILs frequently relied on persuasive, promotional rhetoric with limited scientific grounding, whereas contemporary PILs prioritise accuracy, patient education, and adherence to regulatory standards. This shift reflects changes in regulatory frameworks and a move towards fostering patient autonomy.
患者信息传单在英国的角色变化:语料库辅助语篇分析
与非专家受众进行有效的健康沟通对于使患者能够就其药物作出知情决定至关重要。随附药物的患者信息单张(PILs)旨在提供有关药物、给药、预防措施和潜在副作用的基本信息。随着向以患者为中心的医疗保健的转变,pill的内容和目标随着时间的推移而发生了变化。为了捕捉这种转变,本研究使用语料库辅助语篇分析来分析1900-1930年和2010-2020年两个不同时期的两个英国外语语料库。本文采用定量和定性相结合的方法来研究外语交际角色在语言和语用方面的变化趋势。研究结果显示,20世纪早期的医疗保健经常依赖于有说服力的宣传说辞,缺乏科学依据,而当代的医疗保健则优先考虑准确性、患者教育和遵守监管标准。这一转变反映了监管框架的变化和促进患者自主的举措。
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Applied Corpus Linguistics
Applied Corpus Linguistics Linguistics and Language
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