Background Engaging clients in psychotherapy by managing their expectations is important
for therapeutic success. Initial moments in first sessions of therapy are thought to afford an …

The article examines the organization of the treatment recommendation phase in psychiatric
consultations for individuals with chronic and serious psychiatric conditions. Recommending …

This article examines the significant interactional work undertaken by orthopedic surgeons
in the delivery of recommendations not for surgery—recommendations against surgery or for …

With new methods of treatment standardisation resulting in various benefits for patient
outcomes, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice have emerged as …

This analysis focuses on the institutional talk of sea-kayak guides and their clients in order to
understand how guides negotiate the interactional balance of giving orders to maintain a …

Objective To examine how, and for what interactional purpose, a surgeon raises the risk of
death with an early-stage breast cancer patient. Method Single-case analysis of a recorded …

This paper examines how the medical and non-medical skills of physiotherapists enable
members of the profession to become central agents in the multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) …

Purpose This article examines accounts of fibromyalgia provided by physiotherapists. This
qualitative study asks how physiotherapists define and understand fibromyalgia, what …

While requests for confirmation (RfCs) make a yes/no-response relevant, recipients often
produce more than a mere confirmation. Our paper explores expanded responses to RfCs in …

Abstract Background and Purpose This paper draws on empirical fieldwork data of naturally
occurring UK physiotherapy placement education to make visible how education is actually …