Smart-etal2019a

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Smart-etal2019a
BibType INCOLLECTION
Key Smart-etal2019a
Author(s) Cordet Smart, Christianne Pollock, Lindsay Aikman, Erica Willoughby
Title Power struggles in MDT meetings: using different orders of interaction to understand the interplay of hierarchy, knowledge and accountability
Editor(s) Cordet Smart, Timothy Auburn
Tag(s) EMCA, Power, Hierarchy, Deontics, Epistemics, Professional Meetings
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
Year 2019
Language English
City Cham
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Pages 97–121
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DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-98228-1_5
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Howpublished
Book title Interprofessional Care and Mental Health: The Language of Mental Health
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Abstract

Power and hierarchy are key themes in MDT interactions. The literature suggests they can lead to some clinicians not being heard, with negative consequences for assessments. Power and hierarchy can be considered as relational, best studied as one person talks to another. Applying a conversation analysis approach, we introduced epistemic and deontic status and stance as key analytic tools. We show how respect can be shown for the professional knowledge of others and how this can be usurped, for example through a lack of historical knowledge of a person. We illustrate how groups can manage, drown out and challenge the epistemic status of a team member (in this case the psychiatrist). Findings illustrated interactional practices where professional hierarchies were shown to have less impact.

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