Communication in Medical Care: Interaction between Primary Care Physicians and Patients (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Series Number 20)

ISBN 10: 0521621232 / ISBN 13: 9780521621236

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Communication in Medical Care: Interaction between Primary Care Physicians and Patients (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Series Number 20)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521621232
• ISBN 13: 9780521621236
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

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. .

About the Authors

John Heritage is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Douglas W. Maynard is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.