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. 2018 Aug 14;68(674):e646–e653. doi: 10.3399/bjgp18X698405
Line Action Speaker Excerpt
1 Announcement DOC: We’ve got the option to offer you well a good opportunity to offer you (0.4) erm the er chance to have fully (.) er funded on the NHS (.) er twelve er er so er Slimming World er (0.4) to help lose weight?
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5 → Announcement response PAT: Oh right,

6 Explicit offer of referral DOC: Would you like to do that?

7 Response PAT: Er yeah?

8 DOC: Yeah.
9 Confirmation check Very good,
10 Assessment There’s lot of health benefits to losing weight.
11 News delivery And it’s er (0.6) it’s free,

12 Information receipt PAT: Yeah.

BWeL = Brief Interventions for Weight Loss. DOC = doctor. PAT = patient. (Number) indicates gap in talk, seconds. (.) indicates gap in talk of <0.3 seconds. A full stop at end of turn represents falling intonation. Comma at end of turn indicates slight rise in intonation. ? indicates strong rise in intonation.= line of significance.