Team talk and problem solving in thoracic medicine

Authors

  • Per Måseide Nord University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.18430

Keywords:

collaboration, hybrid discourse, medical discourse, problem solving, team talk

Abstract

The topic of this article is collaborative problem solving conducted as talk and social interaction in a particular team in the thoracic ward of a Norwegian hospital. The problems to be solved were complex and required a team consisting of participants from diverse medical specialties that met regularly to discuss examination procedures, formulate diagnoses, and decide forms of treatment. Data for the article come from field notes and audio recordings made while the author observed this meeting regularly over more than one year. The aim of the paper is to investigate how team discourse was regulated in ways that served the reproduction of institutional medical standards for problem solving, and also how the meeting had to deal with deviations from institutional standards and attempted to reproduce a certain form of normative orderliness and interaction order

Author Biography

  • Per Måseide, Nord University
    Per Måseide received his PhD in sociology from the University of Bergen, Norway and he is currently emeritus Professor of Sociology at Nord University, Norway. His research interests include the social organization of medical work and medical discourse.

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Published

2017-02-08

How to Cite

Måseide, P. (2017). Team talk and problem solving in thoracic medicine. Communication and Medicine, 13(1), 9–22. https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.18430