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The conversation analytic view of context is often critiqued as being too narrow. In this article, we join the ongoing debate regarding conversation analysis (CA) and context by 1) synthesizing existing scholarly attempts at either conceptualizing or exploring the possibilities of combining CA and ethnography and 2) giving further considerations to whether or how resorting to talk-extrinsic data may be beneficial. We do so by providing four illustrative cases, with increasing complexity, from four different settings. In each case, an initial CA analysis is followed up with an informal ethnographic interview with the participants. By offering some specificity to this ongoing methodological controversy regarding talk-extrinsic data, we aim to begin building a useful framework within which further discussions on analysis, context, and cross-fertilization may proceed.

Editorial-May 2011: The new face of New Disease Reports Independent of its sister BSPP journal Plant Pathology since January 2010, New Disease Reports (NDR) has continued to publish short reports on plant diseases that provide context-relevant information on new geographical occurrence, new hosts or new aspects of plant pathogenicity. Consequently, this online journal has undergone a radical transformation. Readers of this editorial will be aware that the new NDR website is still linked with and part of the wider British Society for Plant Pathology family (http://bspp.org.uk) but with output and presentation enhanced in many ways. The format of published reports has been expanded with longer text (maximum of ca. 520 words) and more references (maximum six) and space for additional key words (not in title). Tables of data are now permitted (within the allowance of a maximum of five Figures). Recently, output in portable document format (PDF) has been provided.

The medical education curriculum in the UK includes a component on understanding and appreciating the psychosocial aspects of illness and care. Yet, children’s own experiences of illness and care are often overlooked. This article explores these neglected experiences and insights through an examination of paediatric epilepsy. The psychosocial implications of being diagnosed and living with epilepsy for children and their families are wide-ranging, affecting physical and emotional wellbeing and involvement in everyday activities, as well as being burdensome to manage and treat. As such, children and their families have to utilize various coping strategies in order to incorporate epilepsy into their lives. Obtaining and appreciating children’s own experiences and perspectives can highlight key challenges for healthcare professionals working with these patients and their families, including recognizing children’s autonomy, effective communication with them, and acknowledging the wider context of children’s lives.