@inbook{a9de04eea0d14f288f18bcc87227cec0,
title = "The status of medical eponyms: advantages and disadvantages",
abstract = "The aim of this paper is to analyse how physicians use eponyms for naming the evolution of a scientific discovery in order to describe the different features of eponyms. In the first section a brief classification of medical eponym is given, attention is then turned to the main positive and negative aspects of these honorific names in the language of Medicine in a diachronic perspective with linguistic and ethical considerations.",
keywords = "English for specific purposes, Medical discourse, medical eponyms, English for specific purposes, Medical discourse, medical eponyms",
author = "Tatiana Canziani",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-88-7699-225-4",
series = "ENGLISH LIBRARY: THE LINGUISTICS BOOKSHELF VOL. 8",
pages = "221--234",
booktitle = "TEACHING MEDICAL ENGLISH - METHODS AND MODELS",
}