Communication in Medical Care
Subtitle: Interaction Between Primary Care Physicians and Patients (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics)
Contributors: John Heritage (Editor); Douglas W. Maynard (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780521621236
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Physician & Patient; Language Arts & Disciplines; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Physician and patient; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Language; Family & General Practice; Communication in medicine; Physicians (General practice)
First sentence: In 1976, Patrick Byrne and Barrie Long published a path-breaking study of the doctor-patient relationship.