Abstract
Goal-setting is promoted in healthcare guidelines as a way to engage patients. However, not much isknown about how this process is accomplished in practice. The objective was to identify how goal-setting is initiated in physiotherapy. The data comprise of 14 patient-therapist interactions in whichphysiotherapists inquire about goals using a wh-question (e.g. "what do you expect from therapy?"). Con-versation analytic findings indicate that those questions embed assumptions a) that patients have a goalbeforehand, and b) that they are able to articulate it. Patients' hesitant responses, however, show thatthose assumptions are not always mutually oriented to.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 68-77 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Studies in Communication Sciences |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Conversation analysis
- Goal setting
- Health care
- Interaction
- Physical therapy
- Question
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication