Communication at the End of Life / Edition 1

by Thomas Socha, Jon F. Nussbaum, Howard Giles, Amber Worthington

Overview

This multi-contextual approach serves to integrate current findings, expand our theoretical understanding of the end of life, prioritize the significance of competent communication for scholars and practitioners, and provide a solid foundation upon which to build pragmatic interventions to assist individuals at the end of life as well as those who care for and grieve for those who are dying.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433125829
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	08/31/2015
Series:	Lifespan Communication: Children, Families, and Aging , #6
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Jon F. Nussbaum (PhD Purdue) is a Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University.
Howard Giles (PhD, DSc. Bristol) is a Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Amber Worthington (MA Penn State) is a Doctoral Candidate at Penn State University within the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Table of Contents

Contents: Maureen P. Keeley/Howard Giles/Jon F. Nussbaum: Communicating At, For, and About the End of Life ‒ Teresa Thompson: Health Communication and Death Studies ‒ Allison Whitney: Discourse «On or About» Dying: Palliative Care ‒ Jaber F. Gubrium: Benchmarking the End of Life in Long-Term Care ‒ Jillian A. Tullis: End-of-Life Communication and Spirituality. ‒ James D. Robinson: Mass Media Depictions of the Dying Process. ‒ Marcia K. Carteret: End-of-Life Communication in Cross-Cultural Patient Care ‒ Elissa Foster/Maureen P. Keeley: Conversations at the End of Life ‒ Loretta L. Pecchioni/Richard C. White: Family Decision Making and Care at the End of Life ‒ Kathleen A. Galvin: Family Communication as a Child Is Dying ‒ Nichole Egbert: Hospice Care and Communication ‒ Paige Toller: Bereavement and Post-Death Adjustments: A Lifespan Approach to Bereavement. ‒ Craig M. Klugman: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Communication ‒ Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles/Joy Goldsmith/Sandra L. Ragan: Walking Through the Door.