LINGUIST List 15.3038
Tue Oct 26 2004
Books: Discourse Analysis/Sociolinguistics: Cordella
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Peranteau,
The Dynamic Consultation: Cordella
Message 1: The Dynamic Consultation: Cordella
Date: 26-Oct-2004
From: Paul Peranteau <paul
benjamins.com>
Subject: The Dynamic Consultation: Cordella
Title: The Dynamic Consultation
Subtitle: A discourse analytical study of doctor-patient communication
Series Title: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 128
Publication Year: 2004
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL:
http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=P%26bns%20128 ;
Author: Marisa Cordella, Monash University, Australia
Hardback: ISBN: 1588115585 Pages: xvi, 254 pp. Price: U.S. $ 119.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027253714 Pages: xvi, 254 pp. Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Abstract:
This book introduces a unique model of medical discourse that identifies
the forms of talk - voices- that doctors and patients use during the
consultation, and studies the dynamic interaction as it unfolds
particularly in follow-up visits. Natural recordings, semi-structured
interviews, questionnaires and ethnographic observations provide the data
for the research, which was carried out in an Outpatient Clinic in
Santiago, Chile. Using an interactional sociolinguistic approach, analysis
of the data identifies doctor-patient communication as a micro-performance
of broader socio-cultural realities, in which social status, power,
knowledge and personal beliefs and values all find expression in the
consultative setting. Importantly, while both doctor and patient voices are
shown to contribute to an essentially asymmetrical exchange, the study also
identifies the holistic and empathic Fellow Human voice, which places
doctors and patients on a more equal footing. In connection with this
voice, the Spanish concept of simpatÃa is also discussed.
While the model in this study was developed within a specific
socio-cultural framework, it is hoped that it will be adapted and modified
more widely and contribute to a better understanding between doctors and
their patients.
Table of contents
Preface xi-xiv
Acknowledgments xv-xvi
1. Introduction 1-3
2. Discourse, society and doctor-patient communication 5-40
3. Doctor-patient communication: An empirical study 41-62
4. The Doctor voice 63-86
5. The Educator voice 87-119
6. The Fellow Human voice 121-148
7. Patients' voice 149-183
8. Patterns of footing 185-188
9. The Dynamic Consultation 189-216
10. Concluding remarks 217-219
Bibliography 221-234
Appendices 235-247
Index 249-252
Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): Spanish (Language Code: SPN)
Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)
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