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The Role Of Transactional Communication On Children

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There are many concepts that appear in Margaret Edson’s play, W;t that also appear in the classroom textbook, Communicating in Health, by Athena du Pre. Throughout pages nineteen through thirty-one of Edson’s W;t, important concepts that appear include transactional communication, physician centered interview, motivational interviewing, patient centered interview, health history form, self-advocacy, and teamwork.
As defined by du Pre, transactional communication is when “communicators exert mutual influence on each other such that the approach one participant takes suggests how the other might respond (du Pre p. 51).” Vivian and Jason demonstrate transactional communication, as Jason begins her medical history interview. This concept can be seen on pages 21, 22 and 23. Pages 21 and 22 demonstrate a more conversational interview, almost friend-like, while the pace begins to quicken and turns impersonal on page 23. The interview is also physician-centered. According to du pre (2014), “Medical communication is considered physician-centered if caregivers do most of the talking, choose conversational topics, and begin and end communication episodes (du Pre p.52).” This is demonstrated throughout the interview, as Jason chooses to speak about Vivian’s tough course and ends their conversation by leaving Vivian to find Susie. An important concept that was not demonstrated in this scene is motivational interviewingV. According to du Pre (2014), motivational interviewing is when “a

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