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

Schulz, Peter ; Rubinelli, Sara

In: Argumentation, 2015, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 481-491

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    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.