Opening stages in triadic medical encounters in Taiwan

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-68

  Tsai, Mei Hui ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese interaction pattern; Cross cultural study; Greeting; Identity presentation of non acquaintance; Opening stage; Triadic medical interview

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEDIGREE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 27344438747     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/come.2005.2.1.53     Document Type: Article

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