Abstract
views were conducted, and the fifth day of hospitalization was the mean date of interviewing. All interviews were recorded verbatim and had a mean length of one hour. It is our thesis that communication had two primary meanings for the hospitalized patients: the securing of information, and interpersonal contact. The securing of information seemed to serve instrumental functions, while interpersonal contact had both instrumental and expressive functions. Expressive refers to action concerned with direct gratification, while instrumental refers to actions
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