The Interactional Practices of Referrals and Accounts in Medical Discourse

Expertise and Compliance

Bibliographic Data

ID5965680
AuthorsEllen L Barton (Wayne State University, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume2
Issue3
Pages259-281
Publication date2000-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461445600002003001
OpenAlexW1979736791
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

This article describes the situated nature of two intertwined dimensions of the context of medical encounters - expertise and compliance - within the interactional practices of referrals and accounts of referrals. Families who display their expertise and compliance have referral and account sequences with notably different features compared to sequences with families who display a lack of compliance and expertise. The display of expertise significantly affects the course of the interaction, and asymmetrical sequences often occur in interactions when the professionals see families' expertise and compliance as problematic

Conversation · Conversation analysis · Discourse analysis · Linguistics · Referral · Situated · Communication · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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