End of Life Communication

Name: End of Life Communication
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138231719
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Stories from the Dead Zone

By Christine S. Davis and Jonathan L. Crane

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End of Life Communication explores the complex dialogue between fictional portrayals of death in media and the realities experienced in hospital settings. Through a Terror Management theoretical framework, Christine S. Davis and Jonathan L. Crane analyse how death is understood and communicated among patients, health professionals, and loved ones. Combining cultural studies, health communication, and medical humanities, the authors offer an intimate and thoughtful reflection on what it truly means to pass away.
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This book is suited for readers interested in medical humanities, healthcare professionals, scholars of cultural studies, and those seeking deeper understanding of end-of-life communication and ethics.

This book examines the dialectic between fictional death as depicted in the media and real death as it is experienced in a hospital setting. Using a Terror Management theoretical lens, Davis and Crane explore the intersections of life and death, experience and fiction, to understand the relationship between them.

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This book examines the dialectic between fictional death as depicted in the media and real death as it is experienced in a hospital setting.

Using a Terror Management theoretical lens, Davis and Crane explore the intersections of life and death, experience and fiction, to understand the relationship between them. The authors use complementary perspectives to examine what it means when we speak and think of death as it is conceived in cultural media and as it is constructed by and circulates between patients, health professionals, and supportive family members and friends.

Layering analysis with evocative narrative and an intimate tone, with characters, plot, and action that reflect the voices and experiences of all project participants, including the authors’ own, Davis and Crane reflect on what it means to pass away. Their medical humanities approach bridges health communication, cultural studies, and the arts to inform medical ethics and care.

End of Life Communication by Christine S. Davis and Jonathan L. Crane offers a profound exploration of these themes, making it a significant contribution to the fields it touches upon.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138231719

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 August 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 453g

Pages: 224

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Christine S. Davis Education & Reference Jonathan L. Crane Non-Fiction Science & Nature Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Christine S. Davis is a Professor in the Communication Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests are in the intersection of family, culture, and health communication. Dr. Davis publishes regularly on topics such as children’s health, end of life communication, family disability, and qualitative research methods.

Jonathan L. Crane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at UNC-Charlotte. He was written widely on genre and horror films and is the author of Terror and Everyday Life: Singular Moments in the History of the Horror Film (1994).