title: On metaphorical concentration: language and meaning in patient-physician relations.
abstract: Charles Taylor's retrieval of an expressivist understanding of persons, and of language as constitutive of meaning, contains promising insights for restoring moral connectedness between patients and physicians.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Austin, Texas, USA. professorcarson@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D019365:Metaphor; D009014:Morals; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations