Practising reflexivity in health and welfare : making knowledge / Carolyn Taylor and Susan White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Carolyn, 1950-

Contributor:

White, Susan, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Decision making.

Medicine.

Evidence-based medicine.

Medicine--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

x, 229 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham, England ; Philadelphia, PA : Open University, 2000.

Contents:

Part I Developing a theoretical framework 1

1 Arguing and thinking: implications for professional practice 3

2 Knowledge, truth and reflexive practice 19

3 Analysing talk and text: building a conceptual framework 37

4 Conversational strategies: lessons from everyday talk 54

Part II Analysing talk and text in health and welfare 73

5 'The appropriate client': service users constructing their case 75

6 Doing professional authority: practitioners constructing accounts 96

7 Arguing the case: professionals talking together 120

8 Analysing written text: documents, records and reports 141

9 Making knowledge: the Louise Woodward case 161

10 Practising reflexivity: beyond objectivity and subjectivity 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-223) and index.

ISBN:

0335205194

0335205186

OCLC:

43790672