Laughter as a patient's resource: Dealing with delicate aspects of medical interaction

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Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 187-219

  Haakana, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Delicate activities; Doctor patient interaction; Laughter; Reason for the visit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003227835     PISSN: 01654888     EISSN: 18607349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/text.1.21.1-2.187     Document Type: Article

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