About the Journal

Indonesian Journal of Medical Linguistics focuses on publishing scholarly works that examine literary texts, narratives, and cultural productions as critical sites for the expression, negotiation, and contestation of political ideas, power relations, and ideological formations in social, historical, and cultural contexts. The journal particularly prioritizes original research and critical studies that address political phenomena through rigorous literary analysis, cultural theory, and interdisciplinary methodologies grounded in textual, historical, and discursive inquiry.

The scope of Indonesian Journal of Medical Linguistics includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

1. Language and Discourse in Medical and Clinical Contexts

  • Medical discourse analysis
  • Doctor–patient interaction and clinical communication
  • Institutional discourse in healthcare settings
  • Public health and policy discourse
  • Ethical communication in medical practice

2. Sociolinguistics of Health and Illness

  • Language, identity, and illness narratives
  • Health communication in multilingual and multicultural settings
  • Language variation in clinical encounters
  • Power relations and inequality in healthcare communication

3. Medical Communication in Digital and Media Contexts

  • Health discourse in digital and social media
  • Online medical consultation and telemedicine communication
  • Computer-mediated health interaction
  • Multimodal medical texts and visual–verbal communication

4. Applied Medical Linguistics and Health Communication

  • Communication strategies in clinical and professional settings
  • Patient education and health literacy
  • Discourse-based approaches to medical training
  • Language use in healthcare organizations

5. Medical Translation and Interpreting

  • Medical translation as cross-lingual health communication
  • Interpreting in clinical and institutional healthcare settings
  • Pragmatics and ethics in medical translation
  • Cross-cultural mediation in health services

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