Transcribes a dialogue on the evolution of actor-network theory.

This study draws on a database of 570 community-based acute pediatric encounters in the USA and uses conversation analysis as a methodology to identify two formats physicians use to recommend non-antibiotic treatment in acute pediatric care (using a subset of 309 cases): recommendations for...

A previously identified communication behavior, online commentary, is physician talk that describes what he/she is seeing, feeling, or hearing during the physical examination of the patient. The investigators who identified this communication behavior hypothesized that its use may be associated...

This paper conceptualizes a type of physician communication, termed 'online commentary'. Online commentary is talk that describes what the physician is seeing, feeling or hearing during physical examination of the patient. Some dimensions of online commentary are described, and its functions in...

This article examines how parents and pediatricians negotiate antibiotic prescribing decisions in cases where parents overtly advocate this medication. Using the methodology of conversation analysis, this paper examines audio and videotaped acute care pediatric encounters and discusses four...