Barsukova Marina I. Country: RussiaCity: SaratovCompany: V. I. Razumovsky Saratov State Medical University, Russia, 410012, Saratov, Bolshaya Kazachia street, 112 Position: Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy, Educational Technologies and Professional CommunicationScientific degree: Candidate of PhilologyE-mail: bars.mi@mail.ru Author's articles Contemporary Medical and Pedagogical Discourse Communicative risks in the dyad ‘doctor – patient’ The means of expressing the category of politeness in medical discourse (On the material of the doctor and patient speech communication)