AIDS Counselling: Institutional Interaction and Clinical Practice

ISBN-13: 9780521454636 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 382 str.

Anssi Perakyla

Opis

Conversations between AIDS counselors and their clients bring delicate and potentially threatening issues into play. In this study Anssi Perakyla 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.

Recenzje

'An excellent study … well worth the investment … delivers more than it promises'. Journal of Sociolinguistics

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The quasi-conversational turn-taking; 3. The client as owner of experience; 4. The management of co-counsellors' questions; 5. Some interactional uses of co-counsellors' questions; 6. Addressing 'dreaded issues'; 7. The interactional power of hypothetical questions; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index.