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Negotiating delicately: conversations about health
Author(s) -
Cheek Julianne
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
health and social care in the community
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.984
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1365-2524
pISSN - 0966-0410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00093.x
Subject(s) - negotiation , conversation , health care , health professionals , position (finance) , conversation analysis , public relations , psychology , sociology , business , political science , communication , social science , law , finance
This paper uses a conversation between a health professional and client to explore what such conversations may reveal about some of the assumptions that underpin ideas about health and health care provision. In particular, the analysis focuses on the way in which health care professionals and their clients are positioned, and position themselves, when communicating about health. The delicate, and sometimes not so delicate, negotiation that occurs in such positioning is highlighted.