title: [What happens during the first encounter between a patient and a physiotherapist?].
abstract: Doctors refer several patients with problems connected to muscles and joints to physiotherapists. What happens when the patient meet the physiotherapist? This question is the starting point for a research project on first encounters in physiotherapy practice focusing on function assessment and communication. The analysis is based on videotapes of the encounters and semistructured interviews with patients and physiotherapists. This article is based on one of the videotaped encounters. The analysis assumes that all actions convey messages. Professional actions are interpreted in a communicative perspective. It appears that the patient's presentation of her problems is to some extent excluded from the therapeutic frame of understanding. The encounter displays problems and challenges between the person seeking help and the professional
authors: Institutt for allmennmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo.
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authors: Thornquist
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014743:Videotape Recording
vernacular_title: Hva skjer i det første møtet mellom pasient og fysioterapeut?