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Routine complications : troubles with talk between doctors and patients

Title
Routine complications : troubles with talk between doctors and patients / Candace West.
Author
West, Candace
Publication
  • Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1984]
  • ©1984.

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Book/TextUse in library R727.3 .W44 1984Off-site

Details

Description
xiv, 199 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
This book discusses communication between doctors and patients and how to overcome common communication problems.
Subjects
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 177-195.
Contents
Troubles with talk between doctors and patients -- The study of doctor-patient communication -- Methods, measurements, and medical encounters -- Turn-taking in doctor-patient dialogues -- Questions and answers between doctors and patients -- Medical misfires: mishearings, misgivings and misunderstandings -- Laughter and sociable commentary in medical encounters -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0253350301
  • 9780253350305
LCCN
83048733
OCLC
  • ocm10723592
  • 10723592
  • SCSB-624699
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library