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The aim of this chapter is to set out the methodological framework which underpinned the research projects described in the other chapters of this book. The Authors describe some background to the development of multidisciplinary teamworking (MDTs) in the health and social care sector but draw particular attention to the disjuncture between the aspiration for teamworking and the actuality of its implementation. They argue for an ‘emic’ approach to understanding teamworking and thereby advocate a systematic discursive approach which focuses on the fine details of talk in interaction. The fundamental principles of conversation analysis and discursive psychology are described and illustrated with extracts from MDT meetings and healthcare encounters. The implications of this approach for understanding the ‘machinery’ of MDTs are discussed.
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Auburn, T., Smart, C., Tremblett, M. (2018). Inside the Meeting: Discursive Approaches as a Framework for Understanding Multidisciplinary Team Meetings. In: Smart, C., Auburn, T. (eds) Interprofessional Care and Mental Health. The Language of Mental Health. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98228-1_2
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