This introductory textbook presents a variety of approaches and perspectives that can be
employed to analyze any sample of discourse. The perspectives come from multiple …

In this article, we discuss the notion of a 'conversation analytic intervention,'focusing on the
role of conversation analysis in the major stages of intervention research, epitomized by the …

This article examines one of the ways in which matters of truth, appropriateness, and
acceptability are raised and managed within the course of everyday conversation. Using the …

This article uses the theoretical and methodological framework of Grounded Practical
Theory (GPT) to provide a lens for analyzing and interpreting discourse as a situated form of …

Background Guidelines encourage GPs to make brief opportunistic interventions to support
weight loss. However, GPs fear that starting these discussions will lead to lengthy …

This volume provides an essential roster of primary research methods as they apply to
health communication inquiry. Editor Bryan B. Whaley brings together key health …

Objectives Despite decades of communication training, studies repeatedly demonstrate that
clinicians fail to elicit patients' agendas. Our goal was to provide clinicians with actionable …

Conversation analysis (hereafter CA) represents a naturalistic and inductive approach to the
study of generalizable patterns of interaction that are ultimately amenable to quantification …

Effective doctor-patient communication has been widely endorsed as pivotal for optimal
medical care and the building of a positive and lasting relationship between caregivers and …

Background: There is scope for additional research into the specific linguistic and sequential
structures used in speech and language therapist (SLT)-led therapeutic conversations with …