Analyse sociolinguistique des erreurs médicales dans les institutions hospitalières publiques camerounaises
Medical Errors in Cameroonian Public Hospitals. A Sociolinguistic Analysis

Summary/Abstract: Medical errors occur at the most unexpected time in patient care. Based on a sociolinguistic analysis of some medical errors recorded during patient care sessions in nine Cameroonian public hospital institutions, I will show that among the root causes of medical errors is the patient, who makes the medical system function, and communication deficits due to linguistic and cultural barriers. These analyses will be based on Paul Zang Zang's regulation theory and Bertalanffy's general systems theory and will allow me to conclude that taking these elements into account would probably make it possible to avoid them.

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