Doctor-patient interactions in cases of severe oligophrenia and dementia

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. About the contributors vii
3. Table of contents xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction xvii
6. Doctor-patient relationship in the 1980s 1
7. An intercultural communication gap 45
8. Medical history-taking as an interactive event 61
9. Linguistic means of social distancing in physician-patient communication 77
10. The psychoanalytic discourse 93
11. Verbal and nonverbal communication in a family practive consultation 109
12. The dialogics of a doctor-patient relationship 159
13. Doctor-patient interactions in cases of severe oligophrenia and dementia 181
14. Doctor talk and Hawaiian ‘talk story’ 197
15. Physician-patient relations in Judaism 213
16. Parent-professional communication relative to medical care decision making for seriously ill newborns 227
17. Epilogue
18. Interview with a gynecologic oncologist on doctor-patient interactions 257
19. Letters from a resident 275
20. Ten keys to better doctor-patient relations 285
21. Summaries 289