Medical Communication in the Asia Context

Special Issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 20:2 (2010)

Editors

M. Agnes Kang | University of Hong Kong

Olga Zayts-Spence | University of Hong Kong

[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 20:2] 2010. vi, 166 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/japc.20.2

Table of Contents

Introduction
Communication in healthcare settings: Interactional perspectives from Asia Olga Zayts-Spence and M. Agnes Kang	165–168
Medical Communication in the Asia Context
Patient participation within a globalised patient population: Interactional difficulties in a prenatal counseling context in Hong Kong M. Agnes Kang and Olga Zayts-Spence	169–184
‘Reassuring’ during clinical examinations: Novice and expert talk in dentistry S. Bridges, C. McGrath, C.K.Y. Yiu and B.S.S. Cheng	185–206
Giving instruction on self-care during midwifery consultations in Japan Michie Kawashima	207–225
Establishing solidarity in radio phone-in medical consultation in China: A case study Yu Guodong	226–242
Information delivery in prenatal genetic counseling: On the role of initial inquiries Olga Zayts-Spence and M. Agnes Kang	243–259
Patient participation: Questions asked by Cantonese- and English-speaking patients in a prenatal genetic counselling clinic in Hong Kong Wei Zhang	260–278
Presenting medical knowledge in multilingual context: Southern Min, Mandarin, and English in health education talks in Taiwan Mei-hui Tsai	279–302
Commentary Paul Drew	303–305
Article
Multicultural groups in decision-making meetings: Language proficiency and group performance Jolanta Aritz and Robyn C. Walker	307–321
Book Review
Review of Lam (2005): Language Education in China. Policy and Experience from 1949 Reviewed by Björn H. Jernudd	323–325
List of Reviewers	327
Contents of Volume 20	329–330

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Subjects

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Afro-Asiatic languages

Altaic languages