The Discourse of Medicine: Dialectics of Medical Interviews

by Elliot George Mishler and Elliot G. Mishler

Book Overview

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 ctitique and review of previous research in this area is included. In the course of the work, a critique of more traditional methods, studies, and interpretations of medical interviews is presented.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089391276X
• ISBN13: 9780893912765
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"