Beyond 'doctor and patient': Developments in the study of healthcare interactions

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-802

  Pilnick, Alison ^a   Hindmarsh, Jon ^b   Gill, Virginia Teas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Conversation analysis; Doctor patient interaction; Healthcare interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 70350234928     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2009.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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