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• Title:Communication at the end of life / Jon F. Nussbaum, Howard Giles, Amber K. Worthington, editors.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Nussbaum, Jon F., editor.
  Giles, Howard, editor.
  Worthington, Amber K., editor.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., [2015]
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WB310 .C7347 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Terminally ill.
  Palliative treatment.
  Death--Social aspects.
  Families.
  
• Medical Subjects: Terminal Care.
  
• Description:x, 234 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Series:Lifespan communication (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 6.
  
• Summary:"While health care at the end of life is changing, the language for talking about treatment options and patient preferences around the end of life is taking longer to change. This book carefully details the way language shapes decisions around end-of-life care. Using ethnographic research from two sites that offer emergency care and end-of-life care--a hospice and an emergency department--the author illustrates common themes around language use that serve as microcosms of the larger healthcare system in the United States. The sites have different purposes for providing care, yet the themes from both serve as guidance and reflection for other areas of caregiving. The language used to talk about death holds consequences and opportunities for understanding and making decisions about care practices. This book uses personal stories and perspectives from patients, family members, and medical workers to paint a picture of some of the issues and tensions individuals and caregivers face. With an aging population--one that represents a major public health challenge in the twenty-first century--Carey Candrian argues that examining the care we provide for individuals, especially aging individuals, is fundamental to creating a developed, ethical, and engaged society"--Publisher's description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781433125836 hardcover alkaline paper
  1433125838 hardcover alkaline paper
  9781433125829 paperback alkaline paper
  143312582X paperback alkaline paper
  9781453913666 electronic book
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. One Health Communication and Death Studies / Teresa Thompson
  ch. Two Discourse "On or About'" Dying: Palliative Care / Allison Whitney
  ch. Three Benchmarking the End of Life in Long-Term Care / Jaber F. Gubrium
  ch. Four End-of-Life Communication and Spirituality / Jillian A. Tullis
  ch. Five Mass Media Depictions of the Dying Process / James D. Robinson
  ch. Six End-of-Life Communication in Cross-Cultural Patient Care / Marcia K. Carteret
  ch. Seven Conversations at the End of Life / Maureen P. Keeley
  ch. Eight Family Decision Making and Care at the End of Life / Richard C. White
  ch. Nine Family Communication as a Child Is Dying / Kathleen A. Galvin
  ch. Ten Hospice Care and Communication / Nichole Egbert
  ch. Eleven Bereavement and Post-Death Adjustments: A Lifespan Approach to Bereavement / Paige Toller
  ch. Twelve Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Communication / Craig M. Klugman.