Publications

Publication details [#55070]

Schnurr, Stephanie and Olga Zayts. 2011. Laughter as Medical Providers' Resource: Negotiating Informed Choice in Prenatal Genetic Counseling. Research on Language and Social Interaction 44 (1) : 1–20.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

counseling | doctor-patient conversation | health | information processing | laughter

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This study discusses how laughter, started by medical providers during prenatal genetic counseling (PGC) sessions in a Hong Kong hospital, carries out at least two PGC-particular functions: helping medical providers to “laugh off” and break patients' resistance, and assisting them in addressing patients' direct questions.