Table 6.

Subtopic curtailment.

Example		Face-to-face, n	Telephone, n
Doctor closes subtopic
Example		39	9
P:	and he said ehm (.) ‘so what happened this time?’ .
	I says ‘somebody was up against my door again’. [I
D:		[yeah . yeah
P:	I says ‘I I I . I can't live like this’
D:	no
P:	you know I [can't . i- . it
D:	[how long has it been going on for?
P:	sin- since I moved in
D:	which was . how long ago now?
Patient closes subtopic
Example		50	9
D:	the pill won't . e:r . affect that [specifically
P:	[right
D:	so you'll kn[ow in that sense when
P:	[okay . so all is . all is . fine at the moment
	[then
D:	[yeah . yeah
P:	right