Background Despite comparable clinical outcomes, therapists and patients express
reservations about the delivery of psychological therapy by telephone. These concerns …

Background Communication within primary care consultations for children with acute illness
can be problematic for parents and clinicians, with potential misunderstandings contributing …

Most qualitative research had its origins in philosophical traditions such as phenomenology,
pragmatism, and constructivism, which argue that all the knowledge that we can obtain (both …

Background Clinicians prescribe antibiotics to over 65% of adults with acute bronchitis
despite guidelines stating that antibiotics are not indicated. Methods To identify and …

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing appears to be common worldwide and
is contributing to the selection of resistant organisms. This study examined the prevalence of …

For many, the study of communication in the context of health care has an importance that
goes beyond other areas of communication inquiry. Most likely, this is because the …

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 …

The appearance of those articles in Language was not accidental. A close reading of Sacks,
Schegloff and Jefferson (1974: 703, fn. 12) in fact reveals an explicit invitation to linguists to …

People across the world make requests every day. We constantly rely on others to get by in
the small and big practicalities of everyday life, be it getting the salt, moving a sofa, or …

PURPOSE Communication experts have suggested that it is good practice to ask patients'
directly whether they expect to receive antibiotics as part of asking about the triad of ideas …