I take these anecdotes for performatives, fashioned in order to level the playing field that comprises both performers and recorder.
It is very rich in ethnographic detail and includes many amusing anecdotes from the field.
From the anecdotes of the informants, we infer that anglophones were also a non-negligible presence on the fishing boats.
Although they are presented in a jumbled manner the book contains many important insights, telling anecdotes and acute personal observations.
Leafing through its pages, one comes across reports, anecdotes and minor controversies as well as sustained discussions in areas like ethics and aesthetics.
Or, alternatively, they relate anecdotes about insensitive or inappropriate physician behavior, apparently under the impression that "medical ethics" is designed to prevent such behavior.
Exercises include discussion, role-play, simulation, report writing, negotiating budgets and contracts, consumer surveys, small talk, social arrangements, telling anecdotes, exchanging opinions, and socializing.
An anecdote about a patient with strong left hemineglect suggests the involvement of consciousness in this phenomenon.
