Interruptions, status and gender in medical interviews: The harder you brake, the longer it takes

Discourse and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 645-666

  Menz, Florian ^a   Al Roubaie, Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Gender; Interruption; Medical interview; Power; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249152373     PISSN: 09579265     EISSN: 14603624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957926508092247     Document Type: Article

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