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Performing medical conversations: "between" physicians and patients.

Zeev Neuwirth, Stuart Schrader

Advances in Mind-Body Medicine

|July 29, 2010

Summary

This study proposes a new view of patient-physician communication, moving beyond individual behavior change to a collaborative, performative model. This approach enhances shared understanding and meaning-making in medical encounters.

Area of Science:

Medical Communication
Sociology of Medicine
Health Humanities

Background:

Current patient-physician communication models focus on individualistic, behavior-change strategies.
Patient-centered approaches are dominant but may not fully capture communication dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a performative perspective on patient-physician communication.
To reconstruct the doctor-patient relationship as a collaborative, improvisational performance.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis drawing on postmodern theory.
Reimagining communication as a shared performance of biomedical and humanistic scripts.

Main Results:

A shift from individualistic to a performative understanding of communication.

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Conclusions:

The performative model offers a richer framework for understanding medical meaning negotiation.
This perspective emphasizes collaboration and the interweaving of diverse knowledge systems.