Talking About Treatment Recommendations for Breast Cancer Adjuvant Treatment [Hardcover]

Clear and accessible, this book is the first qualitative analysis of the complex conversations that occur between breast cancer patients and their oncologists. Roberts focuses on discussions about possible avenues of treatment, and shows them to be an active and mutual collaboration of information on the one hand, and a subtle delineation of the roles of expert and novice on the other. Her work highlights how doctors achieve a delicate balance between promoting one particular treatment option while not guaranteeing a cure.

1. Introduction
2. Analytic Approach
3. Phrased Organisation of the Adjuvant Therapy Visit
4. Discourse Identities: Establishing Participant Roles as Doctor and Patient
5. The Recommendation
6. Conclusion
Notes/Appendices/References/Index