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Doctors perceive consultations with patients with functional neurological symptoms (FNS) as challenging because of the dichotomy between the psychosocial nature of the symptoms and patients' perceptions that their condition is essentially physical. Through conversation analysis, we describe som...

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Other Authors: Graf, Eva-Maria (Editor), Sator, Marlene (Editor), Spranz-Fogasy, Thomas (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; volume 252.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Doctors perceive consultations with patients with functional neurological symptoms (FNS) as challenging because of the dichotomy between the psychosocial nature of the symptoms and patients' perceptions that their condition is essentially physical. Through conversation analysis, we describe some communicative strategies neurologists employ to make psychosocial attributions, ranging from unilateral to more bilateral approaches. In unilateral approaches doctors employ general explanations about the psychosocial aetiology, thereby pre-empting any potential resistance. In bilateral approaches, doc.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269430
9027269432
ISSN:0922-842X ;

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