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Publication details [#55473]

Cordella, Marisa. 2011. A triangle that may work well: Looking through the angles of a three-way exchange in cancer medical encounters. Discourse & Communication 5 (4) : 337–353.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications

Annotation

This discourse analytic study of nine triadic patient-partner-oncologist consultations, performed in an outpatient cancer hospital in Santiago de Chile, reveals how companions can be of great value. Discharging the patients of many discouraging tasks, attending their well-being, constructing a partnership and providing essential information to the clinic are cases in which the controlling power that some may practice in the medical encounter can be outbalanced.