Body Movement and Speech in Medical Interaction

Klappentext Based on a collection of video recordings, this book offers a micro-analysis of the visual and vocal aspects of the interaction between doctors and patients. Zusammenfassung Based on a collection of video recordings! this book offers a micro-analysis of the visual and vocal aspects of the interaction between doctors and patients. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; The transcription system; 1. Video analysis: interactional coordination in movement and speech; 2. The display of recipiency and the beginning of the consultation; 3. Maintaining involvement in the consultation; 4. Forms of participation; 5. The physical examination; 6. Taking leave of the doctor; 7. Postscript: the use of medical records and computers during the consultation; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Heath
• Assisted by: Katherine Nicholls (Illustration), Antony Manstead (Editor), Keith Oatley (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521031769
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03176-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Studies in Emotion and Social
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General