Communication at the End of Life

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.

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.