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Author:   Sally Candin ,  Rogers Peter
Publisher:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Equinox Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.473kg
ISBN:  

9781908049971

ISBN 10:   1908049979
Pages:   222
Publication Date:   01 March 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Transcription conventions Glossary 1. Introduction: A Framework for the Study of Interactions in Healthcare Settings 2. Managing the Interaction 3. Common Purposes or Cross Purposes 4. Respecting Feelings and Perspectives 5. Polite, Persuasive or Pushy? 6. Projecting an Identity to Others 7. High Stakes Interactions 8. Challenging Situations, Challenging Discourses 9. The Expert Practitioner: Professional Expertise and Communicative Expertise 10. Communication in Healthcare Teams 11. Healthcare Teams: Leadership, Power and Ethical Dilemmas 12. Ways Forward: Applying Theory to your Practice

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'Refreshingly, the book addresses communication not only in interactions between health professionals and patients, but amongst team members and between health professionals in an array of communicatively challenging real world contexts. It brings home to the reader the complexity of communication in health care, and it offers practitioners many tools for reflecting on their own and others' communicative practices, and for enhancing their professional interactions.' Dr Catherine O'Grady, Educator and Applied Linguist -Health Communication

Author Information

Sally Candlin is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University and the author of Therapeutic Communication: A Lifespan Approach (Pearson Education, 2008). She is a Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife and a Health Visitor. Peter Roger is a Lecturer in Linguistics at Macquarie University. He studied Medicine at the University of Sydney and worked as a medical practitioner for several years before going on to complete a PhD in communication sciences and disorders.

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