%0 Journal Article %T English for Medical Purposes and Academic Medicine: looking for common ground %A John R. Skelton %A Jan Whetstone %J Ib¨¦rica %D 2012 %I AELFE (Asociaci¨®n Europea de Lenguas para Fines Espec¨ªficos) %X This paper looks at a single discipline, known as ¡°Medical Communication¡± within Academic Medicine and Language for Medical Purposes in Languages for Specific Purposes, and offers a brief retrospective of research and educational thinking, with particular reference to the idea of ¡°common ground¡±. %K English for Medical Purposes %K Academic Medicine %K Medical Communication %K writing research %K communicative skills %U http://www.aelfe.org/documents/08_24_Skelton.pdf