Home care as a family matter? Discursive positioning, storylines and decision-making in assessment talk

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-158

  Olaison, Anna ^a   Cedersund, Elisabet ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged care; Assessment interviews; Decision making; Discourse analysis; Positioning; Storylines

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70349304199     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/cam.v5i2.145     Document Type: Article

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