Doctor talk and diabetes: Towards an analysis of the clinical construction of chronic illness

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1267-1276

  Loewe, Ronald ^a   Schwartzman, John ^b   Freeman, Joshua ^c   Quinn, Laurie ^d   Zuckerman, Steve ^e  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Diabetes; Discourse analysis; Doctor patient relations; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0031664843     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00192-0     Document Type: Article

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