| AIDS Counselling: Institutional Interaction and Clinical Practice Contributor(s): Peräkylä, Anssi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521022886 ISBN-13: 9780521022880 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $44.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: Conversations between AIDS counselors and their clients bring delicate and potentially threatening issues into play. In this study Anssi Pera kyla applies the principles of conversation analysis to his exploration of AIDS counseling, using data from video-recorded counseling sessions in a London teaching hospital, and analyzes the design and placement of questions in these situations. His conclusions provide a timely and illuminating insight into the management of a sensitive topic through various techniques of indirectness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Aids & Hiv - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 616.979 |
| Series: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.07 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - AIDS |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Conversations between AIDS counselors and their clients bring delicate and potentially threatening issues into play. In this study Anssi Per kyl applies the principles of conversation analysis to his exploration of AIDS counseling, using data from video-recorded counseling sessions in a London teaching hospital, and analyzes the design and placement of questions in these situations. His conclusions provide a timely and illuminating insight into the management of a sensitive topic through various techniques of indirectness. |