Bringing together recent international research in the field of hospital communication and interaction, the contributors to this book contextualize clinical professional work by focussing on the rising intensity of information and communication practices in organizations generally, and in health care in particular.

ELLEN BARTON Wayne State University, Detroit, USA JEFFREY BRAITHWAITE University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia B.J. BROWN De Montfort University, UK CHRISTOPHER N. CANDLIN Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia SALLY CANDLIN University of Western Sydney, and Macquarie University Sydney, Australia PAUL CRAWFORD University of Nottingham, UK ANNEKE FITZGERALD University of Western Sydney, Australia DAWN GOODWIN Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, UK PAMELA HOBBS University of California, Los Angeles, USA RICK IEDEMA University of New South Wales, Australia CHRISTINE JORM St George Hospital, Sydney, Australia HANNELE KEROSUO University of Helsinki, Finland BONNE BONSAN LEE Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia DEBBI LONG University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia MARTIN LUM Department of Human Services, Victoria, Australia ELIZABETH MANIAS University of Melbourne, Australia PER MASEIDE Bodø Regional University, Norway MAGGIE MORT University of Lancaster, UK CATHERINE POPE University of Southampton, UK ROBIN RILEY Clinical Nurse, Australia ANDREW SMITH Royal Lancaster Infirmary, UK JO TRAVAGLIA University of New South Wales.

Foreword Notes on Contributors Tables and Figures Communicating Hospital Work; R.Iedema Institutional and Professional Orders of Ethics in the Discourse Practices of Research Recruitment in Oncology; E.Barton The Communicative Functions of the Hospital Medical Chart; P.Hobbs Governing the Operating Room List; R.Riley& E.Manias Dialogues for Negotiating Priorities in Unplanned Emergency Surgery Queues; M.Lum& A.Fitzgerald Personality Disorder in UK Mental Health Care: Language, Legitimation and the Psychodynamics of Organised Surveillance; B.J.Brown& P.Crawford Re-negotiating Disjunctions in Inter-organisationally Provided Care; H.Kerosuo Anaesthetic Talk in Surgical Encounters; C.Pope, M.Mort, D.Goodwin& A.Smith Corridor Conversations: Clinical Communication in Casual Spaces; D.Long, R.Iedema& B.B.Lee The Role of Signs and Representations in the Organisation of Medical Work: X-rays in Medical Problem Solving; P.Maseide Why Don't Doctors Engage with the System?; C.Jorm, J.Travaglia& R.Iedema Nursing Through Time and Space: Some Challenges to the Construct of Community of Practice; S.Candlin& C.N.Candlin