Silverman-Perakyla1990

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Silverman-Perakyla1990
BibType ARTICLE
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Author(s) David Silverman, Anssi Peräkylä
Title AIDS counselling: the interactional organisation of talk about ‘delicate issues’
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Tag(s) EMCA, AIDS, Councelling, Delicacy
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Year 1990
Language English
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Journal Sociology of Health and Illness
Volume 12
Number 3
Pages 293–318
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DOI 10.1111/1467-9566.ep11347251
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Abstract

Although the AIDS pandemic has generated considerable social science research, the focus has almost entirely been on epidemiology and on survey research studies of health knowledge and behaviour. In contrast, this paper offers an early report on ongoing work into HIV and AIDS counselling as it occurs in practice in a number of English clinics. An analysis of transcripts of such naturally occurring encounters reveals how professionals and clients organise their talk in relation to the ‘delicate’ issues to be discussed. Particular attention is paid to the phenomenon of delay in the production of ‘delicate’ items and to the social organisation of the description of such items. Drawing, in part, on methods from conversation analysis, it is shown how a detailed analysis of how talk is produced in naturally occurring settings can generate findings relevant to professional practice.

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