"I'll give up smoking when you get me better": Patients' resistance to attempts to problematise smoking in general practice (GP) consultations

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 135-145

  Pilnick, Alison ^a   Coleman, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; GP patient interaction; Smoking; UK

Indexed keywords

SMOKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0038336185     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00336-2     Document Type: Article

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