Doctor-patient interaction / / edited by Walburga von Raffler-Engel

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1989
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (332 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.696
• Soggetto topico: Physician and patient; Patient satisfaction
• Altri autori: Von Raffler-EngelWalburga <1920-2009.>
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: DOCTOR-PATIENT INTERACTION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; About the contributors; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; Doctor-patient relationships in the 1980's; An intercultural communication gap: North American Indians vs. the mainstream medical profession; Medical history-taking as an interactive event; Linguistic means of social distancing in physician-patient communication; The psychoanalytic discourse; Verbal and nonverbal communication in a family practice consultation: a focus on the physician-patient relationship; The dialogics of a doctor-patient relationship ; Doctor-patient interactions in cases of severe oligophrenia and dementia Doctor talk and Hawaiian 'talk story': the conversational organization of a clinical encounter; Physician-patient relations in Judaism; Parent-professional communication relative to medical care decision making for seriously ill newborns; Epilogue; Interview with a gynecologic oncologist on doctor-patient interactions; Letters from a resident; Ten keys to better doctor-patient relations; Summaries
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 maxim
• Titolo autorizzato: Doctor-patient interaction
• ISBN: 1-283-17431-6; 9786613174314; 90-272-8337-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811566703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pragmatics & beyond ; ; new ser. 4.