Full Description
This volume brings together a range of linguistic, sociological, and professional views on communication in surgical practice. It aims to provide an insight into the complexity of communication in surgery, covering the variety of communicative activities required in everyday surgical work.The selection of authors from a variety of interactive sociolinguistic disciplines in collaboration with clinicians explores a broad range of topics and the methodologies currently used to understand communication in surgical practice.The intended audience for this book includes surgeons, medical educators, communication researchers, linguists, sociologists, and others with an interest in surgical and medical communication.
Contents
1. Examining Communication in Surgical PracticeSarah J. White and John A. CartmillSection I2. The Referred ConsultationSarah J. White, Maria Stubbe, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Lindsay Macdonald, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Tony Dowell, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Kevin Dew, Victoria University of Wellington, and Rod Gardner, Griffith University3. Doing Patient-centred ConsultationsLynda Yates, Macquarie University, and Maria R. Dahm, Macquarie University4. Psychological Effects in Surgical Decision-making: Evidence, Ethics, and OutcomesY. Gavriel Ansara, National LGBTI Health Alliance, Australia5. Breaking Informed Consent: Some Challenges for International Medical GraduatesMaria R. Dahm and Israel Berger, Macquarie University6. Do Surgeons Want to Operate? Negotiating the Treatment Plan in Surgical ConsultationsMaria Stubbe, Sarah J. White, Lindsay Macdonald, Tony Dowell, Rod Gardner, and Kevin Dew7. Negotiating Treatment Recommendations in Orthopaedic Surgery RecommendationsShannon Clark, University of Canberra, and Pamela Hudak, Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario, Toronto, CanadaSection II8. Transactions between Matter and Meaning: Surgical Contexts and Symbolic ActionDavid G. Butt, Macquarie University, Alison R. Moore, University of Wollongong, and John A. Cartmill9. Operating Together: The Collective Achievement of Surgical ActionLorenza Mondada, University of Basel10. "Coming Up!": Why Verbal Acknowledgement Matters in the Operating TheatreTerhi Korkiakangas, Institute of Education, University College London, Sharon-Marie Weldon, Imperial College London, Jeff Bezemer, Institute of Education, University College London, and Roger Kneebone, Imperial College London11. Lovers, Wrestlers, Surgeons: A Contextually Motivated View of Interpersonal Engagement and Body Alignment in Surgical InteractionAlison R. Moore12. Who's Who?: Constructing Roles during Minor Awake SurgeriesIsrael Berger and Sarah J. White13. Toward a Language of Operative SurgeryDavid G. Butt and John A. CartmillSection III14. Interprofessional Clinical Handovers in Surgical PracticePeter Roger, Macquarie University, Maria R. Dahm, Lynda Yates and John A. Cartmill15. Open Disclosure in Surgical PracticeStewart Dunn, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney16. Clinical Communication Education for SurgeonsSuzanne Kurtz, Washington State University
