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Publisher:	John Benjamins
			http://www.benjamins.com/ 			
			
Journal Title:  Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 
Volume Number:  20 
Issue Number:  2 
Issue Date:  2010 


Subtitle:  Medical Communication in the Asia Context   


Main Text:  

Medical Communication in the Asia Context
Special Issue of Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 20:2 (2010)
Edited by M. Agnes Kang and Olga Zayts
University of Hong Kong

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 20:2 

2010. vi, 166 pp.

Table of contents

Introduction   
Communication in healthcare settings: Interactional perspectives from Asia 
Olga Zayts and M. Agnes Kang 165-168

Medical Communication in the Asia Context   
Patient participation within a globalised patient population: Interactional
difficulties in a prenatal counseling context in Hong Kong 
M. Agnes Kang and Olga Zayts 169-184

'Reassuring' during clinical examinations: Novice and expert talk in dentistry 
S. Bridges, C. McGrath, C.K.Y. Yiu and B.S.S. Cheng 185-206

Giving instruction on self-care during midwifery consultations in Japan 
Michie Kawashima 207-225

Establishing solidarity in radio phone-in medical consultation in China: A case
study 
Yu Guodong 226-242

Information delivery in prenatal genetic counseling: On the role of initial
inquiries 
Olga Zayts and M. Agnes Kang 243-259

Patient participation: Questions asked by Cantonese- and English-speaking
patients in a prenatal genetic counselling clinic in Hong Kong 
Wei Zhang 260-278

Presenting medical knowledge in multilingual context: Southern Min, Mandarin,
and English in health education talks in Taiwan 
Mei-hui Tsai 279-302

Commentary 
Paul Drew 303-305

Article   
Multicultural groups in decision-making meetings: Language proficiency and group
performance 
Jolanta Aritz and Robyn C. Walker 307-321

Book Review   
Agnes S. L. Lam: Language Education in China. Policy and Experience from 1949 
Reviewed by Björn H. Jernudd 323-325

List of Reviewers  327

Contents of Volume 20  329-330

Subject classification
 Linguistics 
 Afro-Asiatic languages
 Altaic languages 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Applied Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics




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