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|Abstract=In medical interactions, it may seem straightforward to identify ‘small talk’ as casual or social talk superfluous to the institutional work of dealing with patients’ medical concerns. Such a broad characterisation is, however, extremely difficult to apply to actual talk, and more specificity is necessary to pursue analyses of how small talk is produced and what it achieves for participants in medical interactions. We offer an approach to delineating a subgenre of small talk called topicalised small talk (TST), derived on the basis of conversation analytically‐informed analyses of routine consultations involving orthopaedic surgeons and older patients. TST is a line of talk that is referentially independent from their institutional identities as patients or surgeons, oriented instead to an aspect of the personal biography of one (or both), or to some neutral topic available to interactants in any setting (e.g. weather). Importantly, TST is an achievement of both patient and surgeon in that generation and pursuit of topic is mutually accomplished. In an exploratory but systematic analysis, when this approach was applied to a purposive sample of surgeon‐patient interactions, TST was much more prevalent in visits with White than African American patients. Accounts for possible ethnic differences in TST are suggested.
medical concerns. Such a broad characterisation is, however, extremely difficult
 
to apply to actual talk, and more specificity is necessary to pursue analyses of
 
how small talk is produced and what it achieves for participants in medical
 
interactions.We offer an approach to delineating a subgenre of small talk called
 
topicalised small talk (TST), derived on the basis of conversation analytically-
 
informed analyses of routine consultations involving orthopaedic surgeons and
 
older patients. TST is a line of talk that is referentially independent from their
 
institutional identities as patients or surgeons, oriented instead to an aspect of
 
the personal biography of one (or both), or to some neutral topic available to
 
interactants in any setting (e.g. weather). Importantly, TST is an achievement of
 
both patient and surgeon in that generation and pursuit of topic is mutually
 
accomplished. In an exploratory but systematic analysis, when this approach was
 
applied to a purposive sample of surgeon-patient interactions, TST was much
 
more prevalent in visits withWhite than African American patients. Accounts
 
for possible ethnic differences in TST are suggested.
 
 
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Hudak-Maynard2011
BibType ARTICLE
Key Hudak-Maynard2011
Author(s) Pamela L. Hudak, Douglas W. Maynard
Title An interactional approach to conceptualising small talk in medical interactions
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Tag(s) EMCA, small talk, medical interaction, ethnic differences in talk, Conversation Analysis
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Year 2011
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Journal Sociology of Health & Illness
Volume 33
Number 4
Pages 634–653
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DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01343.x
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Abstract

In medical interactions, it may seem straightforward to identify ‘small talk’ as casual or social talk superfluous to the institutional work of dealing with patients’ medical concerns. Such a broad characterisation is, however, extremely difficult to apply to actual talk, and more specificity is necessary to pursue analyses of how small talk is produced and what it achieves for participants in medical interactions. We offer an approach to delineating a subgenre of small talk called topicalised small talk (TST), derived on the basis of conversation analytically‐informed analyses of routine consultations involving orthopaedic surgeons and older patients. TST is a line of talk that is referentially independent from their institutional identities as patients or surgeons, oriented instead to an aspect of the personal biography of one (or both), or to some neutral topic available to interactants in any setting (e.g. weather). Importantly, TST is an achievement of both patient and surgeon in that generation and pursuit of topic is mutually accomplished. In an exploratory but systematic analysis, when this approach was applied to a purposive sample of surgeon‐patient interactions, TST was much more prevalent in visits with White than African American patients. Accounts for possible ethnic differences in TST are suggested.

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