"But basically you're feeling well, are you?": tag questions in medical consultations
Tag questions have traditionally been discussed as linguistic strategies used by nonassertive speakers. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study investigating the use of modal and affective tag questions by 3 Australian female general practitioners. Analysis of 29 audiotaped consulta...
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1998
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| description | Tag questions have traditionally been discussed as linguistic strategies used by nonassertive speakers. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study investigating the use of modal and affective tag questions by 3 Australian female general practitioners. Analysis of 29 audiotaped consultations revealed that tag questions were used as both control and involvement strategies. They were found to be employed by doctors for their potential to elicit information from patients, to summarize and confirm information, and to express empathy and provide positive feedback. The implications of these findings are discussed in the light of general patterns of doctor-patient communication as well as more efficient clinical interaction. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-404482015-09-18T04:07:44Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40448/ "But basically you're feeling well, are you?": tag questions in medical consultations Harres, Annette Tag questions have traditionally been discussed as linguistic strategies used by nonassertive speakers. This article reports the findings of a qualitative study investigating the use of modal and affective tag questions by 3 Australian female general practitioners. Analysis of 29 audiotaped consultations revealed that tag questions were used as both control and involvement strategies. They were found to be employed by doctors for their potential to elicit information from patients, to summarize and confirm information, and to express empathy and provide positive feedback. The implications of these findings are discussed in the light of general patterns of doctor-patient communication as well as more efficient clinical interaction. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 1998 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40448/1/But%20basically%20you%27re%20feeling%20well%2C%20are%20you%20tag%20questions%20in%20medical%20consultations.pdf Harres, Annette (1998) "But basically you're feeling well, are you?": tag questions in medical consultations. Health Communication, 10 (2). pp. 111-123. ISSN 1041-0236; ESSN: 1532-7027 10.1207/s15327027hc1002_1 |
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