Negotiating delicately: conversations about health
Julianne Cheek PhD,
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Julianne Cheek PhD
Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care, University of South Australia, Underdale, South Australia
Julianne Cheek Associate Professor and Director Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care University of South Australia Holbrook Road Underdale South Australia 5032Search for more papers by this authorJulianne Cheek PhD,
Corresponding Author
Julianne Cheek PhD
Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care, University of South Australia, Underdale, South Australia
Julianne Cheek Associate Professor and Director Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care University of South Australia Holbrook Road Underdale South Australia 5032Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
This paper uses a conversation between a health professional and client to explore what such conversations may reveal about some of the assumptions that underpin ideas about health and health care provision. In particular, the analysis focuses on the way in which health care professionals and their clients are positioned, and position themselves, when communicating about health. The delicate, and sometimes not so delicate, negotiation that occurs in such positioning is highlighted.
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