Talking About Treatment: Recommendations for Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment

by Felicia D. Roberts

Overview

Clear and accessible, this book is the first qualitative analysis of the complex conversations that occur between breast cancer patients and their oncologists. Roberts focuses on discussions about possible avenues of treatment, and shows them to be an active and mutual collaboration of information on the one hand, and a subtle delineation of the roles of "expert" and "novice" on the other. Her work highlights how doctors achieve a delicate balance between promoting one particular treatment option while not guaranteeing a cure.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195352825
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/28/1999
Series:	Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Analytic Approach3. Phrased Organisation of the Adjuvant Therapy Visit4. Discourse Identities: Establishing Participant Roles as Doctor and Patient5. The Recommendation6. ConclusionNotes/Appendices/References/Index