The Discourse of Comfort in Chinese Online Medical Consultations
$353.10
- Hardcover
180 pages
- Release Date
18 September 2025
Summary
This book integrates perspectives from conversation analysis (CA) and discursive psychology to shed light on doctor-patient communication in asynchronous web-based interactions through the lens of the discourse of comfort. While previous research has been done in this space on face-to-face encounters, this book seeks to bring further attention to comfort in online text interactions between doctors and patients, examining its capacity to convey emotional support, encourage “troubles-telling”, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032786728 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1032786728 |
| Author: | Ying Jin |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 180 |
| Release Date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Routledge Research in Language and Communication |
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About The Author
Ying Jin
Ying Jin is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Communication at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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