Patient expertise and agency : interactional construction of patient identities in type 2 diabetic consultations

This thesis reports on an empirical study of interaction in medical consultations, and in interviews with doctors and patients who are involved in the management of the long-term illness type 2 diabetes. These interactions (i.e., expert patients; long-term illness consultations) reside firmly in the...

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Main Author: Knight, Patricia Pamela
Published: University of Essex 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573749