Parents' constructions of professional knowledge, expertise and authority during assessment and diagnosis of their child for an autistic spectrum disorder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9616942 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Evrinomy Avdi (0000-0003-3803-4188, Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government), Christine Griffin (0000-0001-8157-4492, University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Sue Brough (Solihull Hospital) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 327-338 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Medical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1129 • E-ISSN: 2056-5194 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1348/000711200160543 |
| PMID | 11003373 |
| OpenAlex | W1976871128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper presents a discourse analysis of parents' talk about the knowledge, expertise and authority of professionals, during assessment and diagnosis of their child for an autistic spectrum disorder at a Child Development Centre. Focusing on the positional level of analysis, it was suggested that parents' constructions of professional expertise and authority were inherently ambivalent and at times contradictory. It was further argued that this ambivalence is also reflected in an ideological dilemma between equality and expertise, regarding the role and positioning of ‘human relations experts’. Discourse analysis was found to be a particularly useful tool in investigating aspects of the parents' talk relating to authority, knowledge and expertise. It is suggested that acknowledging this ambivalence and scrutinizing one's assumptions and practice, rather than denying the authoritarian aspects of health care, would provide the basis for more ethical and respectful clinical practice
Ambivalence · Authoritarianism · Developmental psychology · Dilemma · Discourse analysis · Epistemology · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Disability Rights and Representation · Down syndrome and intellectual disability research · Family and Disability Support Research · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.52 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |