On the remarkable persistence of asymmetry in doctor/patient interaction: A critical review

2011/03/16 by Alison Pilnick, Robert Dingwall · 1 voice · 9 citations
Arts and Humanities · Health Professions · #Discourse Analysis in Language Studies #Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare #Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.02.033

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Discussions

• This idea of functional asymmetry comes from this paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.so... [bsky, 1 points, 2 comments]