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Doctor–Patient Interaction
This volume covers many of the ways of speaking that create problems between doctor and patient. The questions under consideration in the present book are the following: How is the doctor-patient interaction structured in a particular culture? What takes place during the process? What causes misunderstandings, lack of cooperation and even total non-compliance? What is the outcome of the interaction and how does the patient benefit from it? Finally, and this is the ultimate purpose of this book: How can the interaction be improved so that an optimum outcome is assured for the patient with maximum satisfaction to the physician?
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 4] 1989. xxxviii, 294 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 7 July 2011
Published online on 7 July 2011
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- PrefaceJuliana Beuerlein | p. xiii
- IntroductionWalburga von Raffler-Engel | p. xvii
- Doctor-patient relationship in the 1980sWalburga von Raffler-Engel | p. 1
- An intercultural communication gap: North American Indians vs. the mainstream medical professionTamar Kaplan | p. 45
- Medical history-taking as an interactive eventAmy Neustein | p. 61
- Linguistic means of social distancing in physician-patient communicationVera M. Henzl | p. 77
- The psychoanalytic discourseDieter Flader | p. 93
- Verbal and nonverbal communication in a family practive consultation: a focus on the physician-patient relationshipPatricia A. Mitchum | p. 109
- The dialogics of a doctor-patient relationshipHeinz S. Herzka | p. 159
- Doctor-patient interactions in cases of severe oligophrenia and dementiaW.K. Müller | p. 181
- Doctor talk and Hawaiian ‘talk story’: The conversational organisation of a clinical encounterGeoffrey M. White and Albert B. Robillard | p. 197
- Physician-patient relations in JudaismPauline Haas | p. 213
- Parent-professional communication relative to medical care decision making for seriously ill newbornsHarriette Able-Boone | p. 227
- Epilogue
- Interview with a gynecologic oncologist on doctor-patient interactionsD.H.O. Sevin | p. 257
- Letters from a residentAlexander C.L. Lerman | p. 275
- Ten keys to better doctor-patient relationsArthur G. Lensgraf | p. 285
- Summaries | pp. 289–294
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