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The element of language has proven itself essential to fulfilling the necessary skills of each field the presentations have covered. Be it communication between patient and doctor, engineer and building crew, computer and user, or hostage and hostage negotiator, language is the basis for each of these relations which if not for language would tumble to the ground in an almost biblical sense.

A common thread found in most of these fields is deciding on the tactics of parentalism, discourse communication, and informed. These strategies deal with the degree to which the first party, the expert in the field, and the second party, the layman have in both the discussion and decision making process in reaching a certain goal. However, which tactic is most appropriate and to what degree it is appropriate is determined by the importance of the subject matter and the requirements of the layman.

It is the importance that I find interesting when you consider the dealings of laymen in the decision process. In the accounting presentation a discourse communication technique is used because the full understanding of the laymen is necessary since the subject matter, money, is important in this instance, but when the subject of health is considered most of the time a parental tactic is taken, makes one wonder what mankind considers as important. The only reason that I could think of that makes money more important than one’s health is when money has an impact on the well being of those you provide or aid in providing for, such as children or a spouse. Yet even in the instance of children being the patients, parents will usually take a back seat, not wanting to get involved out of fear of incompetence. But, you should at least have an understanding of what’s going on with your child’s health.

It may be that the lack of discourse in the medical profession and the emphasis of discourse in accounting may be due to the ability to sue for any crime or malpractice since failure to do so is supposedly completely avoidable in accounting and could have a plethora of reasons for failure that are unavoidable in the medical field.