Paperback. This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice. Brings together a series of papers describing features of healthcare interaction in settings in Australasia, the U.S.A, continental Europe and the UKContains original research data from previously under-studied settings including professions allied to medicine, telephone-mediated interactions and secondary careContributors draw on the established conversation analytic literature on healthcare interaction and broaden its scope by applying it to professionals other than doctors in primary careExamines how issues relating to policy, procedure or technology are negotiated and managed throughout daily healthcare practice This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice. Brings together original research describing features of healthcare interaction in settings in Australia, the US, continental Europe and the UK. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Communication in Healthcare Settings (Paperback)
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1405198273
ISBN 13: 9781405198271
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: new

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This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice.

Brings together a series of papers describing features of healthcare interaction in settings in Australasia, the U.S.A, continental Europe and the UK
Contains original research data from previously under-studied settings including professions allied to medicine, telephone-mediated interactions and secondary care
Contributors draw on the established conversation analytic literature on healthcare interaction and broaden its scope by applying it to professionals other than doctors in primary care
Examines how issues relating to policy, procedure or technology are negotiated and managed throughout daily healthcare practice

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Alison Pilnick is Reader in Language, Medicine and Society in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham.

Jon Hindmarsh is Reader in Work Practice and Technology in the Department of Management at King’s College London.

Virginia Teas Gill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Illinois State University.

All three editors have published widely on healthcare interactions for both sociological and healthcare audiences.

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