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Arguing ‘for' the Patient: Informed Consent and Strategic Maneuvering in Doctor-Patient Interaction

Schulz, Peter ; Rubinelli, Sara

In: Argumentation, 2008, vol. 22, no. 3, p. 423-432

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    Titre
    • Arguing ‘for' the Patient: Informed Consent and Strategic Maneuvering in Doctor-Patient Interaction
    Auteur
    • Schulz, Peter. Institute of Communication & Health, University of Lugano (CH), Lugano, Switzerland
    • Rubinelli, Sara. Institute of Communication & Health, University of Lugano (CH), Lugano, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:312654
    Summary
    As a way to advance integration between traditional readings of the medical encounter and argumentation theory, this article conceptualizes the doctor-patient interaction as a form of info-suasive dialogue. Firstly, the article explores the relevance of argumentation in the medical encounter in connection with the process of informed consent. Secondly, it discloses the risks inherent to a lack of reconciliation of the dialectical and rhetorical components in the delivery of the doctor's advice, as especially resulting from the less than ideal conditions of the internal states of the doctor and the patient, and the lack of symmetry in their status