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Expert Talk and Risk in Health Care|Christopher N. Candlin

Expert Talk and Risk in Health Care : A Special Issue of research on Language and Social interaction

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This special issue identifies three interrelated constructs--discourse, expertise, and the definition and management of risk--located in various healthcare sites: genetic counseling, nursing, and medical practice. The papers highlight the relationship between the management of risk situations and the nature of expertise displayed or achieved by practitioners and their patients/clients. The papers suggest that healthcare outcomes can be related closely to the quality of the discoursal encounters between professional practitioners and their patients/clients, and/or among professional practitioners themselves. Presenting differentiated goals and outcomes from a range of professional encounters, the research focuses on the resource of discoursal strategies drawn upon in the achievement of discoursal and professional goals by both professional and lay participants.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780805896725
  • ISBN-10: 0805896724
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: June 2002
  • Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.43 pounds
  • Page Count: 138

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