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Author Locher, Miriam A., 1972-

Title Advice online : advice-giving in an American Internet health column / Miriam A. Locher
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 277 pages) : illustrations
Series Pragmatics & beyond ; v. 149
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 149
Contents Advice Online; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; List of tables and figures; Introduction; Part I; Material description; Part II; Literature review on advice; Research questions; Part III; The content structure of the response letters and the realization of advice; Aspects of relational work in the response letters; The personal and public dimension of advice-giving in the response letters; Lucy's voice; The problem letters by the anonymous advice-seekers; Part IV; Factors constituting the discursive practice in L̀ucy Answers'; Notes; Appendix
Summary Advice Online presents a comprehensive study of advice-giving in one particular American Internet advice column, referred to as 'Lucy Answers'. The discursive practice investigated is part of a professional and educational health program managed by an American university. The study provides insights into the linguistic realization of both asking for and giving advice in a written form and thus adds to the literature on advice columns as a specific text genre, on advice in health care contexts, and on Internet communication. The book offers a comprehensive literature review of advice in health
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-273) and index
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Subject Health -- Computer network resources
Medical care -- Computer network resources
Telecommunication in medicine.
Medical personnel and patient.
Remote Consultation
Telemedicine
Internet
Professional-Patient Relations
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Biomedical.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Allied Health Services -- Medical Technology.
MEDICAL -- Biotechnology.
MEDICAL -- Lasers in Medicine.
Telecommunication in medicine
Medical personnel and patient
Health -- Computer network resources
Medical care -- Computer network resources
Pragmatiek.
Advisering.
Gezondheid.
Internet.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027293473
9027293473
9789027253927
9027253927