Differential diagnosis of seizure disorders: A conversation analytic approach

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 712-724

  Schwabe, Meike ^a   Howell, Stephen J ^b   Reuber, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation Analysis; Conversion disorder; Decision making; Diagnosis; Dissociative seizures; Epilepsy; Non epileptic seizures; UK

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONSULTATION; CONVERSATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINOLOGY; VIDEO RECORDING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447504449     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.045     Document Type: Article

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