Merging doctor and client knowledge: On doctors' ways of dealing with clients' potentially discrepant information in genetic counseling

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 389-427

  Lehtinen, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Expertise; Genetic counseling; Information delivery; Institutional interaction; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750978669     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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