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The structure of patients' presenting concerns: the completion relevance of current symptoms.
- Source :
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Social Science & Medicine . Jul2005, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p481-493. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- This article uses conversation analysis to investigate the problem-presentation phase of 302 visits between primary-care physicians and patients with acute problems. It analyzes the social-interactional organization of problem presentation, focusing on how participants recognize and negotiate its completion. It argues that physicians and patients mutually orient to the presentation of current symptoms-that is, concrete symptoms presented as somehow being experienced in the here-and-now-as a locus of transition between the patient-controlled problem-presentation phase of the visit and the physician-controlled information-gathering phase. This is a resource for physicians to distinguish between complete and incomplete presentations, and for patients to manipulate this distinction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CONVERSATION analysis
*PRIMARY care
*SYMPTOMS
*MEDICAL care
*MEDICINE
*PUBLIC health
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02779536
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Social Science & Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 17311915
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.12.004