International journal
ISSN 2311-0759 (Online)
ISSN 2311-0740 (Print)


medical review

Assessment of doctor’s communication skills and professional tact as a genre-forming feature of a review of medical services

In online reviews of medical services, the consumer’s assessment of the doctors’ communication skills and their professional tact is an essential feature of the genre. According to the target audience, this parameter is vital for the overall assessment of the quality of medical service. The empirical base represents the reviews of doctors posted on the websites of specialized online publications and forums. Based on the analysis, positive and negative patients’ assessments of the doctor’s communication skills and professional tact were identified.

Speech genre of consumer reviews and its transformation in the digital age (based on reviews of doctors)

We analyze the influence of new technologies of communicative interaction on the transformation of the speech genre of consumer reviews on the Internet. The research is based on reviews of doctors and medical services taken from the websites of specialized online publications and forums. The author compares modern Internet-reviews of the consumer with the genre-prototype – reviews in the Book of Complaints and Suggestions.