Communication and Medical Practice Social Relations in the Clinic |
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| Author:
| Silverman, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8039-8109-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1987 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $70.99 |
Book Description:
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David Silverman provides a comprehensively researched and analytically sensitive account of how doctors and patients relate. Drawing on a wide range of original fieldwork from both the UK and elsewhere and from a variety of hospital settings, both privately and publicly funded, he demonstrates the complexity of medical interactions and the importance of their context.
@3Among the key themes of the book are: the way in which doctor-patient talk varies according to the...
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David Silverman provides a comprehensively researched and analytically sensitive account of how doctors and patients relate. Drawing on a wide range of original fieldwork from both the UK and elsewhere and from a variety of hospital settings, both privately and publicly funded, he demonstrates the complexity of medical interactions and the importance of their context.
@3Among the key themes of the book are: the way in which doctor-patient talk varies according to the trajectory of the patient′s medical career and the method of payment for treatment; the implicit problems in paediatric medicine in negotiating between the rights and responsibilities of children and their parents; and the difficulties intrinsic to ref