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The Discourse of Medicine : Dialectics of Medical Interviews (Language and Learning for Human Service Professions)
The Discourse of Medicine Dialectics of Medical Interviews - Language and Learning for Human Service Professions Author:Elliot G. Mishler This is the first full-length monograph devoted to the study of the "talk" between physicians and patients in a medical interview. Methods are developed to describe, analyze and interpret the discourse. Additionally, a critique and review of previous research in this area is included. In the course of the work, a critique of more traditional met... more »hods, studies, and interpretations of medical interviews is presented.« less