A research and discussion note: The macrostructure of consensus statements [An article from: English for Specific Purposes]

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Description:
This research note presents a preliminary study of the structure of consensus statements (CSs). The consensus statement is released by a medical association after calling a consensus development conference on a pertinent medical issue. Using a very small corpus, this note attempts to characterize consensus statements by identifying the sequence of moves/steps in this type of publication, and speculates on a possible relationship to other review articles. Some pedagogical applications are also indicated.