Expert Talk and Risk in Health Care: A Special Issue of research on Language and Social interaction - Softcover

 
9780805896725: Expert Talk and Risk in Health Care: A Special Issue of research on Language and Social interaction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0805896724 ISBN 13: 9780805896725
Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

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 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.

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About the Author

Christopher N. Candlin, Sally Candlin

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0805896724
ISBN 13 
9780805896725
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
138
Editor
Candlin Christopher N., Candlin Sally