Hedging, knowledge and interaction: Doctors' and clients' talk about medical information and client experiences in genetic counseling

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-37

  Lehtinen, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Genetic counseling; Hedging; Information delivery; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNOMETHODOLOGY; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEDGING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84878658536     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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