Christine S. Davis

Talking Through Death

Communicating about Death in Interpersonal, Mediated, and Cultural Contexts

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Talking Through Death examines communication at the end-of-life from several different communication perspectives: interpersonal (patient, provider, family), mediated, and cultural. By studying interpersonal and family communication, cultural media, funeral related rituals, religious and cultural practices, medical settings, and legal issues surrounding advance directives, readers gain insight into the ways symbolic communication constructs the experience of death and dying, and the way meaning is infused into the process of death and dying. The book looks at the communication-related health and social issues facing people and their loved one… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Breede, Deborah C.

ISBN: 978-0-429-01478-9
EAN: 9780429014789
Produktnummer: 31315248
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Seitenangabe: 220 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'471 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Dr. Christine Davis is a Professor in the Communication Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her BA degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; her MA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and her PhD from the University of South Florida, all in the field of Communication Studies. She publishes regularly on topics such as children's health, end of life communication, disability, and qualitative research methods.Dr. Deborah C. Breede, a Professor of Communication, teaches communication, women's and gender studies, and graduate courses at Coastal Carolina University (CCU) in Conway, South Carolina. Her primary research, teaching, and service interests focus on the formation, development, maintenance, and challenges of community within a variety of contexts - including interpersonal and familial relationships; educational, cultural, and community collaborations; and during end of life experiences.