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This paper gives a selective overview of studies in ‘medical ethnomethodology’. It starts with the 1967 contributions by Garfinkel and Sudnow, which focus on medical action as accountable Then it discusses the many CA-inspired studies of doctor-patient interaction published during the 1980s. Finally, it points to scattered studies that suggest several ways in which this latter approach can be deepened and enlarged. In this way, it formulates the contours of a program for ethnomethodological studies in the medical field.
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Revised draft of a paper read at the Conference: “Ethnomethodology: Twenty Five Years Later”,International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis, Bentley College, Waltham, Mass. 13–16 August, 1992
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Have, P.T. Medical ethnomethodology: An overview. Hum Stud 18, 245–261 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323212
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