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Communication in Healthcare Settings: Policy, Participation and New Technologies
Alison Pilnick
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Description for Communication in Healthcare Settings: Policy, Participation and New Technologies
Paperback. This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice. Brings together original research describing features of healthcare interaction in settings in Australia, the US, continental Europe and the UK. Editor(s): Pilnick, Alison; Hindmarsh, Jon; Gill, Virginia Teas. Series: Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 231 x 9. Weight in Grams: 244.
This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice.
This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice.
- Brings together a series of papers describing features of healthcare interaction in settings in Australasia, the U.S.A, continental Europe and the UK
- Contains original research data from previously under-studied settings including professions allied to medicine, telephone-mediated interactions and secondary care
- Contributors draw on the established conversation analytic literature on healthcare interaction and broaden its scope by applying it to professionals other than doctors in primary care
- Examines how issues relating to policy, procedure or technology are negotiated and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Sociology of Health and Illness Monographs
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405198271
SKU
V9781405198271
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99-50
About Alison Pilnick
Alison Pilnick is Reader in Language, Medicine and Society in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham. Jon Hindmarsh is Reader in Work Practice and Technology in the Department of Management at King’s College London. Virginia Teas Gill is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Illinois State University. ... Read more
Reviews for Communication in Healthcare Settings: Policy, Participation and New Technologies
"In their introductory chapter, the editors provide an overview of CA research in the medical field so far and explicate how they think such research should be devel¬oped further, as noted above . . . I do hope, and expect, that the collection can function as a stimulus to indeed extend the focus of ‘medical' studies using CA and ethnomethodology ... Read more