Table of Contents

Introduction: Communication in Institutional Contexts: Social Interaction and Social Structure
MEDICINE
Friendly Persuasion: Negotiating Decisions to Use Oral Contraceptives
A Feminist Critique of Scientific Ideology: An Analysis of Two Doctor-Patient Encounters
An Empirically Grounded Approach to Ethical Analysis and Social Change
The Apostolic Function of the Dentist
Doing the Organization's Work: An Examination of Aspects of the Operation of a Crisis Intervention Center
EDUCATION
On the Necessity of Collusion in Conversation
The Role of Language and the Language of Role in Institutional Decision Making
The Language of Attribution: Constructing Rationales for Education Placement
Writing, Sexism, and Schooling: A Discourse-Analytic Investigation of Some Recent Documents on Sexism and Education in Queensland
LAW
The Verbatim Record: The Myth and the Reality
Some Functions of Spatial Positioning and Alignment in the Organization of Courtroom Discourse
Some Linguistic Contributions to a Criminal Court Case
Author Index
Subject Index