Palliative care conversations : clinical and applied linguistic perspectives

Gramling, David, 1976-

Palliative care conversations : clinical and applied linguistic perspectives [E-Book] - 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) - Language and social life ; volume12 . - Language and social life (Mouton de Gruyter) ; v. 12. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Presentations and Introductions -- 2 Presenting Palliative Care -- 3 Querying Palliative Care -- 4 Presenting the self -- Part II: Dynamics of the Interaction -- 5 Irony and rapport -- 6 Codemixing, multimodality, and speech genre -- 7 Speaking for others -- Part III: Some Components of the Consultation -- 8 Setting the table, having an agenda -- 9 Knowing the history -- 10 Prognosis and prognostication -- 11 Concluding remarks -- References -- Index


In English.

9781501504570 1501504576 9781501504471 1501504479

10.1515/9781501504570 doi


Communication in medicine.
Medical personnel and patient.
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