John Benjamins Publishing Company
Institutional constraints on strategic maneuvering in shared medical decision-making
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Abstract
In this chapter it is first investigated to what extent the institutional goal and basic principles of shared decision making are compatible with the aim and rules for critical discussion. Next, some techniques that doctors may use to present their own treatment preferences strategically in a shared decision making process are discussed and evaluated both from the perspective of the ideal of shared decision making and from that of critical discussion.
Abstract
In this chapter it is first investigated to what extent the institutional goal and basic principles of shared decision making are compatible with the aim and rules for critical discussion. Next, some techniques that doctors may use to present their own treatment preferences strategically in a shared decision making process are discussed and evaluated both from the perspective of the ideal of shared decision making and from that of critical discussion.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Introduction
- Argumentation in the healthcare domain 1
- Argumentation and informed consent in the doctor–patient relationship 5
- Institutional constraints on strategic maneuvering in shared medical decision-making 19
- Reasonableness of a doctor’s argument by authority 33
- Evaluating argumentative moves in medical consultations 51
- Teaching argumentation theory to doctors 66
- Direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs as an argumentative activity type 81
- The strategic function of variants of pragmatic argumentation in health brochures 97
- Argumentation and risk communication about genetic testing 113
- “It is about our body, our own body!” 129
- Name index 143
- Subject index 145
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Introduction
- Argumentation in the healthcare domain 1
- Argumentation and informed consent in the doctor–patient relationship 5
- Institutional constraints on strategic maneuvering in shared medical decision-making 19
- Reasonableness of a doctor’s argument by authority 33
- Evaluating argumentative moves in medical consultations 51
- Teaching argumentation theory to doctors 66
- Direct-to-consumer advertisements for prescription drugs as an argumentative activity type 81
- The strategic function of variants of pragmatic argumentation in health brochures 97
- Argumentation and risk communication about genetic testing 113
- “It is about our body, our own body!” 129
- Name index 143
- Subject index 145
