From the earliest studies of doctor-patient interaction (Byrne & Long, 1976), it has been
recognized that treatment recommendations may be expressed in more or less authoritative ways…

This article presents a contemporary view on the state of the art of applied conversation analytic
studies of medical consultations. I begin by considering why conversation analysts might …

Background Around 1 million primary care consultations happen in England every day.
Despite this, much of what happens in these visits remains a ‘black box’. Aim To create an …

We report the first state-of-the-art review of conversation-analytic (CA) research on
communication in primary healthcare. We conducted a systematic search across multiple …

This paper focuses on a recurrent practice observed in UK primary care data – how physicians
use pre-recommendations: action sequences that when initiated post-diagnosis are …

This study investigates patient resistance to doctors’ treatment recommendations in a cross-national
comparison of primary care. Through this lens, we explore English and American …

Background Safety-netting advice is information shared with a patient or their carer designed
to help them identify the need to seek further medical help if their condition fails to improve, …

In the era of patient participation in health care decision making, we know surprisingly little
about the ways in which treatment recommendations are made, the contexts that shape their …

If there was an average day for the National Health Service in England, more than 1.2 million
people would attend a primary care appointment, nearly 260,000 people would attend a …

… Matthew J Ridd and Rebecca K Barnes declare no funding related to this project. The One
in a Million study was funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (208) and the …