LINGUIST List 21.3084

Tue Jul 27 2010

TOC: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 20/2 (2010)

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        1.    Paul Peranteau, Journal of Asian Pacific Communication Vol. 20, No. 2 (2010)
Message 1: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication Vol. 20, No. 2 (2010)
Date: 26-Jul-2010
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication Vol. 20, No. 2 (2010)
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Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/

Journal Title: Journal of Asian Pacific Communication Volume Number: 20 Issue Number: 2 Issue Date: 2010


Subtitle: Medical Communication in the Asia Context


Main Text:

Medical Communication in the Asia ContextSpecial Issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 20:2 (2010)Edited by M. Agnes Kang and Olga ZaytsUniversity of Hong Kong

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 20:2

2010. vi, 166 pp.

Table of contents

IntroductionCommunication in healthcare settings: Interactional perspectives from AsiaOlga Zayts and M. Agnes Kang 165–168

Medical Communication in the Asia ContextPatient participation within a globalised patient population: Interactionaldifficulties in a prenatal counseling context in Hong KongM. Agnes Kang and Olga Zayts 169–184

‘Reassuring’ during clinical examinations: Novice and expert talk in dentistryS. Bridges, C. McGrath, C.K.Y. Yiu and B.S.S. Cheng 185–206

Giving instruction on self-care during midwifery consultations in JapanMichie Kawashima 207–225

Establishing solidarity in radio phone-in medical consultation in China: A casestudyYu Guodong 226–242

Information delivery in prenatal genetic counseling: On the role of initialinquiriesOlga Zayts and M. Agnes Kang 243–259

Patient participation: Questions asked by Cantonese- and English-speakingpatients in a prenatal genetic counselling clinic in Hong KongWei Zhang 260–278

Presenting medical knowledge in multilingual context: Southern Min, Mandarin,and English in health education talks in TaiwanMei-hui Tsai 279–302

CommentaryPaul Drew 303–305

ArticleMulticultural groups in decision-making meetings: Language proficiency and groupperformanceJolanta Aritz and Robyn C. Walker 307–321

Book ReviewAgnes S. L. Lam: Language Education in China. Policy and Experience from 1949Reviewed by Björn H. Jernudd 323–325

List of Reviewers 327

Contents of Volume 20 329–330

Subject classification Linguistics Afro-Asiatic languages Altaic languages


Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Applied Linguistics                             Sociolinguistics

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