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Experts' Encounters in Antenatal Diabetes Care: A Descriptive Study of Verbal Communication in Midwife-Led Consultations
Joint Authors
Furskog Risa, Christina
Friberg, Febe
Lidén, Eva
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-05-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Aim.
We regard consultations as cocreated communicatively by the parties involved.
In this paper on verbal communication in midwife-led consultations, we consequently focus on the actual conversation taking place between the midwife and the pregnant woman with diabetes, especially on those sequences where the pregnant woman initiated a topic of concern in the conversation.
Methods.
This paper was undertaken in four hospital outpatient clinics in Norway.
Ten antenatal consultations between midwives and pregnant women were audiotaped, transcribed to text, and analyzed using theme-oriented discourse analysis.
Two communicative patterns were revealed: an expert's frame and a shared experts' frame.
Within each frame, different communicative variations are presented.
The topics women initiated in the conversations were (i) delivery, time and mode; (ii) previous birth experience; (iii) labor pain; and (iv) breast feeding, diabetes management, and fetal weight.
Conclusion.
Different ways of communicating seem to create different opportunities for the parties to share each other's perspectives.
Adequate responses and a listening attitude as well as an ambiguous way of talking seem to open up for the pregnant women's perspectives.
Further studies are needed to investigate the obstacles to, and premises for, providing midwifery care in a specialist outpatient setting.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Furskog Risa, Christina& Friberg, Febe& Lidén, Eva. 2012. Experts' Encounters in Antenatal Diabetes Care: A Descriptive Study of Verbal Communication in Midwife-Led Consultations. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Furskog Risa, Christina…[et al.]. Experts' Encounters in Antenatal Diabetes Care: A Descriptive Study of Verbal Communication in Midwife-Led Consultations. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2012 (Dec. 2012), pp.1-11.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Furskog Risa, Christina& Friberg, Febe& Lidén, Eva. Experts' Encounters in Antenatal Diabetes Care: A Descriptive Study of Verbal Communication in Midwife-Led Consultations. Nursing Research and Practice. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1002497
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1002497