LINGUIST List 17.2830

Fri Sep 29 2006

Books: Applied Linguistics/Sociolinguistics: Duchan, Kovarsky (Eds)

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Directory         1.    Julia Ulrich, Diagnosis as Cultural Practice: Duchan, Kovarsky (Eds)
Message 1: Diagnosis as Cultural Practice: Duchan, Kovarsky (Eds)
Date: 22-Sep-2006
From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com>
Subject: Diagnosis as Cultural Practice: Duchan, Kovarsky (Eds)


Title: Diagnosis as Cultural Practice Series Title: Language, Power and Social Process 16 Published: 2006 Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
                http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.de/rs/bookSingle.cfm?id=IS-3110184672-1&l=E

Editor: Judith Felson Duchan Editor: Dana Kovarsky Paperback: ISBN: 3110184672 Pages: 307 Price: Europe EURO 32.95 Comment: for USA, Canada, Mexico US$ 32.95
Abstract:

This book is about the doing and experiencing of diagnosis in everydaylife. Diagnoses are revealed as interactive negotiations rather than as theassigning of diagnostic labels. The authors demonstrate, through detaileddiscourse analyses, how the diagnostic process depends on power andaccountability as expressed through the talk of those engaged in thediagnostic process. The authors also show that diagnostic decisions are notonly made by professional experts trained in the art and science ofdiagnosis, but they can also be made by anyone trying to figure out thenature of everyday problems. Finally, diagnostic reasoning is found toextend beyond typical diagnostic situations, occurring in unexpected placessuch as written letters of recommendation and talk about the nature ofcommunication. Together, the chapters in this book demonstrate howdiagnosis is a communication practice deeply rooted in our culture. Thebook is interdisciplinary and unusually broad in its focus.

The authors come from different experiential scholarly backgrounds. Each ofthem takes a different look at the impact and nature of the diagnosticprocess. The diagnoses discussed include autism, Alzheimer's disease,speech and language disorders, and menopause. The focus is not only on thehere and now of the diagnostic interaction, but also on how diagnoses anddiagnostic processes change over time. The book can serve as anundergraduate or graduate text for courses offered in various disciplines,including communication, sociology, anthropology, communication disorders,audiology, linguistics, medicine, and disability studies.

Contents

Chapter 1IntroductionJudith Felson Duchan and Dana Kovarsky

Section 1. Experiencing diagnosis

Chapter 2Diagnosis as an aid and a curse in dealing with othersMary L. Foster-Galasso

Chapter 3A diagnosed life in an institutional setting: Can the dancer walk?Barbara G. Bokhou

Chapter 4From diagnostic to aesthetic: Moving beyond diagnosisOzum Ucok

Section 2. Doing diagnoses

Chapter 5Revisiting authority in physician-patient interactionJohn Heritage

Chapter 6"I just wanna know why": Patients' attempts and physicians' responses topremature solicitation of diagnostic informationCharlotte M. Jones and Wayne A. Beach

Chapter 7Aggravated resistance to problem formulations in therapyG. H. Morris

Chapter 8Learning to diagnose: Production of diagnostic hypotheses in problem-basedlearning tutorialsPhillip Glenn and Timothy Koschmann

Chapter 9Emotion and objectivity in medical diagnosisDana Kovarsky, Linda K. Snelling, and Elaine Meyer

Chapter 10The diagnostic practices of Speech-Language Pathologists in America overthe last centuryJudith Felson Duchan

Chapter 11The diagnosis of deafness in NicaraguaLaura Polich

Section 3. Reasoning diagnostically

Chapter 12Documenting awareness of the cultural process of diagnosis: Letters ofrecommendation for medical school facultyFrances Trix

Chapter 13Speaking about menopause: Possibilities for a cultural discourse analysisCindy Suopis and Donal Carbaugh

Chapter 14The diagnosis of the constituents of communication in everyday discourse:Some functions, enabling conditions, consequences, and remediesChristian Nelson

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics                             Sociolinguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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