Talking about treatment : recommendations for breast cancer adjuvant therapy / Felicia D. Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Felicia D.

Contributor:

Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

Series:

Oxford studies in sociolinguistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Adjuvant therapy.

Breast.

Physician and patient.

Patient education.

Communication in medicine.

Breast Neoplasms--therapy.

Communication.

Patient Education as Topic.

Physican-Patient Relations.

Breast--Cancer.

Medical Subjects:

Breast Neoplasms--therapy.

Communication.

Patient Education as Topic.

Physican-Patient Relations.

Physical Description:

x, 131 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Summary:

Clear and accessible, this book is the first qualitative analysis of the complex conversations that occur between breast cancer patients and their oncologists. Roberts focuses on discussions about possible avenues of treatment, and shows them to be an active and mutual collaboration of information on the one hand, and a subtle delineation of the roles of "expert" and "novice" on the other. Her work highlights how doctors achieve a delicate balance between promoting one particular treatment option while not guaranteeing a cure.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-126) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.

ISBN:

0195121910

OCLC:

123287165