"People say it's a little uncomfortable": Prenatal genetic counselors' use of constructed dialogue to reference procedural pain

Journal of Genetic Counseling

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 245-263

  Gordon, Cynthia ^a   Prince, Michele B ^b   Benkendorf, Judith L ^b   Hamilton, Heidi E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Constructed dialogue; Discourse analysis; Patient experience of amniocentesis; Prenatal genetic counseling; Reported speech; Sociolinguistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; PAIN; PRENATAL PERIOD; SOCIOLOGY; TAPE RECORDER;

EID: 26844437130     PISSN: 10597700     EISSN: 15733599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016326431443     Document Type: Article

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