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| Communication Problems | 1 |
| Communication Skills | 1 |
| Communicative Competence… | 1 |
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| Foreign Medical Graduates | 1 |
| Interpersonal Communication | 1 |
| Language Attitudes | 1 |
| Physician Patient Relationship | 1 |
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| Discourse Processes | 1 |
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Peer reviewedErickson, Frederick; Rittenberg, William – Discourse Processes, 1987
Considers the tension between non-American physicians' ability to control topics in interaction with patients and American expectations of equality and shared topic control. Focuses on the difficulties that foreign medical graduates have in adapting their interactive style to American expectations. Suggests that role distancing, role change, and…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Background
