'Is it alright if I-um-we unbutton your pyjama top now?' Pronominal use in bedside teaching encounters

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-182

  Rees, Charlotte E ^a   Monrouxe, Lynn V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedside teaching encounter; Observation; Pronominal talk; Pronouns; Student doctor patient relationship; UK

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 60449103536     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/cam.v5i2.171     Document Type: Article

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