Communication in Medical Care: Interaction Between Primary Care Physicians and Patients (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Communication in Medical Care: Interaction Between Primary Care Physicians and Patients (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics) Book

This new and pathbreaking volume provides a comprehensive discussion of communication between doctors and patients in primary care consultations. The first of its kind for thirty years, 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. Clear and comprehensive, it will be essential reading for students and researchers in sociolinguistics, communication studies, sociology, and medicine.Read More

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    Providing a comprehensive discussion of communication between doctors and patients in primary care consultations, this volume brings together a team of leading contributors from the fields of linguistics, sociology and medicine to describe each phase of the primary care consultation. The authors use conversation analysis techniques to analyze the sequential unfolding of a visit and describe the dilemmas and conflicts faced by physicians and patients as they work through the visit. The result is a view of the medical encounter that reveals the perspective of both physicians and patients rationally. .

  • 0521621232
  • 9780521621236
  • 6 July 2006
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 509
  • 1
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