Constructing 'expertness': A novice pharmacist's development of interactional competence in patient consultations

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-160

  Nguyen, Hanh Thi ^a,b  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Expert lay interaction; Interactional competence; Learning; Patient consultation; Pharmacist patient communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST PATIENT COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33751532423     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CAM.2006.017     Document Type: Article

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