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Publication details [#1491]
Bliesener, Thomas and Johannes Siegrist. 1981. Greasing the wheels: Conflicts on the round and how they are managed. Journal of Pragmatics 5 (2-3) : 181–204. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Journal WWW
Annotation
On the ward physician's round, his or her formal work schedule frequently gets in conflict with the patient's need for information and communication. In this article it is shown what structural constraints determine this conflict and what effects they have on interaction.