Expert Talk and Risk in Health Care A Special Issue of Research on Language and Social Interaction |
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| Editor:
| Candlin, Christopher N.
Candlin, Sally |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8058-9672-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.95 |
Book Description:
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This special issue identifies three interrelated constructs--discourse, expertise, and the definition and management of risk--located in various healthcare sites: genetic counseling, nursing, and medical practice. The papers highlight the relationship between the management of risk situations and the nature of expertise displayed or achieved by practitioners and their patients/clients. The papers suggest that healthcare outcomes can be related closely to the quality of the discoursal...
More DescriptionThis special issue identifies three interrelated constructs--discourse, expertise, and the definition and management of risk--located in various healthcare sites: genetic counseling, nursing, and medical practice. The papers highlight the relationship between the management of risk situations and the nature of expertise displayed or achieved by practitioners and their patients/clients. The papers suggest that healthcare outcomes can be related closely to the quality of the discoursal encounters between professional practitioners and their patients/clients, and/or among professional practitioners themselves. Presenting differentiated goals and outcomes from a range of professional encounters, the research focuses on the resource of discoursal strategies drawn upon in the achievement of discoursal and professional goals by both professional and lay participants.