The talk of the clinic
Subtitle: explorations in the analysis of medical and therapeutic discourse
By: edited by G.H. Morris, Ronald J. Chenail.
Contributors: Morris, G. H.; Chenail, Ronald J.
Series: LEA's communication series
Publisher: Erlbaum; L. Erlbaum Associates
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Hillsdale, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Communication in medicine.; Discourse analysis.; Content analysis (Communication); Communication in psychiatry.; Physicians -- Language.; Patients -- Language.; Psychotherapists -- Language.; Psychotherapy patients -- Language.; Communication.; Physician-Patient Relations.; Physician's Practice Patterns.
Description: Each chapter in this book focuses on one or more performances that clinical practitioners must achieve with some regularity. It explores ways - communication and literary theory, ethnography, and discourse analysis - to express what practitioners do in clinics and hospitals.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.