Communication in Medical Care: Interaction Between Primary Care Physicians and Patients

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. .

Author: John Heritage
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/01/2006
Pages: 510
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.51lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.98w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780521628990

About the Author
Heritage, John: - John Heritage is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles.Maynard, Douglas W.: - Douglas W. Maynard is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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