From a medical consultation to a written text. 1. Transcribing the doctor-patient dialogue.
OBJECTIVE
To present a method for transcribing the doctor-patient dialogue reflecting the interactional processes of the consultation.


METHODS
Audiotape recording followed by transcription of one selected consultation from a Norwegian general practice. Analysis of the discourse according to pragmatic and textlinguistic principles.


RESULTS
Doctor-patient interaction made visible by the transcript.


CONCLUSIONS
From a biomedical point of view, in many GP consultations, very little happens apart from the doctor-patient dialogue. On the doctor-patient interactional level, however, very much may happen. To grasp these events in an appropriate way, a biomedical way of thinking must be supplied by a linguistic-pragmatic one.
Nessa
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Allmennmedisinsk Forskning Ryfylke, Hjelmeland, Norway.
D000328:Adult; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013637:Tape Recording