Communication in medical care : interaction between primary care physicians and patients /
Heritage, John.
Maynard, Douglas W.,1946-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Pres,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-480) and indexes.
Introduction : analyzing interaction between doctors and patients in primary care / John Heritage and Douglas W. Maynard -- Soliciting patients' presenting concerns / Jeffrey D. Robinson -- Accounting for the visit : giving reasons for seeking medical care / John Heritage and Jeffrey D. Robinson -- Realizing the illness : patients' narratives of symptom discovery / Timothy Halkowski -- Explaining illness : patients' proposals and physicians' responses / Virginia Teas Gill and Douglas W. Maynard -- Taking the history : questioning during comprehensive history-taking / Elizabeth Boyd and John Heritage -- Body work : the collaborative production of the clinical object / Christian Heath -- Communicating and responding to diagnosis / Anssi Peräkylä -- On diagnostic rationality : bad news, good news, and the symptom residue / Douglas W. Maynard and Richard M. Frankel -- Treatment decisions : negotiations between doctors and patients in acute care encounters / Tanya Stivers -- Prescriptions and prescribing : co-ordinating talk- and text-based activities / David Greatbatch -- Lifestyle discussions in medical interviews / Marja-Leena Sorjonen, Lilsa Raevaara, Markku Haakana, Tuukka Tammi, and Anssi Peräkylä -- Coordinating closings in primary care visits : producing continuity of care / Candace West -- Misalignments in 'after-hours' calls to a British GP's practice : a study in telephone medicine / Paul Drew.
Physician and patient.
Communication in medicine.
Physicians (General practice)
Interpersonal communication.
Social interaction.
Discourse analysis.