A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Doctor-Patient Communication [microform] / Margaret Simmons
- Bib ID:
- 5622078
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Simmons, Margaret
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED424785
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- Description:
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- [Washington D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998
- 10 p.
- Summary:
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This study analyzed doctor-patient communication from a sociolinguistic perspective, focusing on two issues: (1) why patients are not more effective in asserting themselves in talking with doctors, and (2) why doctors don't talk more like normal people (i.e., patients). Research on communication in health care contexts is reviewed, looking at such aspects as terminology, register, verbal interaction formats, turn-taking, the structure and timing of the doctor's questions, solidarity and status, language and group membership, and code-switching. It is concluded that the factors limiting patients' ability to assert themselves are more linguistic than social, and are related to lack of medical vocabulary, technical grammatical patterns, and the structure of doctors' questions. Factors influencing doctor's language use are related to language as an indicator of group membership, and the subsequent social implications of choosing to speak more like a patient or more like a doctor. Turn-taking patterns were found to be a central sociolinguistic element, restricting patients' opportunities for gaining a turn and imposing limitations on speaking during the doctors' questioning. Implications for practice are discussed briefly. Contains 8 references. (MSE)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: In: The Japan Conference on English for Specific Purposes Proceedings (Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima, Japan, November 8, 1997); see FL 025 575.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Code Switching (Language)
- Discourse Analysis
- English for Special Purposes
- Foreign Countries
- Group Membership
- Interaction
- Interpersonal Communication
- Language Patterns
- Language Research
- Language Role
- Language Styles
- Physician Patient Relationship
- Physicians
- Questioning Techniques
- Sociocultural Patterns
- Sociolinguistics
- Turn Taking
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- Publication date:
- 1998
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