Negotiating hearing problems in doctor-patient interaction : practices and problems of accomplishing shared reality

Buchbeitrag

This paper deals with a case study of a first visit of a person with hearing loss to her family doctor. In the first part of the paper, basic properties of doctor-patient interaction, which are also relevant for treatment of hearing loss, are outlined: the relevance of institutional conditions for interaction, asymmetries between the participants, goal-orientation, specific conditions of trust, and the relevance of the specific genre of doctor-patient interaction. The second part of the paper presents a case study, which focuses on three interactional phenomena: a) the negotiation of the hearing loss as an existential threat to the patient and her identity; b) the discrepancy of illness theories between doctor and patient; c) the collaborative work of negotiating an intersubjectively viable description of the experience of hearing loss.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Arzt ; Patient ; Medizin ; Hörverlust ; Interaktionsanalyse ; Germanische Sprachen; Deutsch

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Deppermann, Arnulf
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Mannheim : Verl. für Gesprächsforschung
• (when): 2014-08-21

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-29757
• Last update: 06.03.2025, 9:00 AM CET