A Study of Pragmatic Competence: International Medical Graduates' and Patients' Negotiation of the Treatment Phase of Medical Encounters
Despite advances in medical technologies, interpersonal communication remains the primary tool physicians use to exchange information, make diagnoses, and treat patients (Cameron & Williams, 1997; Groopman, 2007; Ong, de Haes, Hoos, & Lammes, 1995). In the medical encounter effective communi...
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Scholar Commons
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/5478 https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6676&context=etd |