Displaying the conversion of another’s stance toward one’s illness as a device to account for one’s visit to the primary care clinic

• In Event: Provider-Patient Interaction

Abstract

Patients sometimes invoke 3rd party observations as a warrant for seeking a doctor’s advice.
We analyze a case in which a patient invokes a 3rd party’s observation, casting the observer’s stance toward the patient’s problem as (initially) less concerned than the patient casts himself as being. We show how this invocation allows the patient to more effectively account for his visit to the doctor.

Author

• Timothy Halkowski, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point