Communication in medical care : interaction between primary care physicians and patients

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Communication in medical care : interaction between primary care physicians and patients

Title remainder

interaction between primary care physicians and patients

Statement of responsibility

edited by John Heritage and Douglas W. Maynard

Contributor

• Heritage, John
• Maynard, Douglas W., 1946-

Editor

• Heritage, John
• Maynard, Douglas W., 1946-

Subject

• Communication in medicine
• Discourse analysis
• Interpersonal communication
• Physician and patient
• Physicians (General practice)
• Social interaction

Language

eng

Summary

This 2006 volume provides a comprehensive discussion of communication between doctors and patients in primary care consultations. It brings together a team of leading contributors from the fields of linguistics, sociology and medicine to describe each phase of the primary care consultation, identifying the distinctive tasks, goals and activities that make up each phase of primary care as social interaction. Using conversation analysis techniques, the authors analyze the sequential unfolding of a visit, and describe the dilemmas and conflicts faced by physicians and patients as they work through each of these activities. The result is a view of the medical encounter that takes the perspective of both physicians and patients in a way that is both rigorous and humane. Clear and comprehensive, this book will be essential reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics, communication studies, sociology, and medicine.--

Member of

• Studies in interactional sociolinguistics, 20

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Provided by publisher

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UkCbUP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Studies in interactional sociolinguistics
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Series volume

20