Publications
Publication details [#13480]
Silverman, David. 1997. Discourses of Counselling: HIV Counselling as Social Interaction. SAGE Publications. xi + 244 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
ISBN
0-8039-7662-3
Annotation
A conversation analysis of the professional practices of counseling and advice-giving
to people requesting an HIV-test. It is shown how the process of counseling is a cooperative construction of both client and counselor and how these conversations affect assumptions about counseling.