Elissa Foster

Communicating at the End of Life

Finding Magic in the Mundane

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This enlightening volume provides first-hand perspectives and ethnographic research on communication at the end of life, a topic that has gone largely understudied in communication literature. Author Elissa Foster' s own experiences as a volunteer h

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780805855661
• ISBN-10: 0805855661
• Artikelnr.: 21207169

Autorenporträt

Elissa Foster

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part 1 Hospice as a Context of Health Care and Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 1 Beginnings
Chapter 2 Volunteer Training
Part 2 Entering the Country of the Dying
Chapter 3 Taking the First Steps
Chapter 4 The Volunteers' Stories
Chapter 5 Going Out
Part 3 Communication as Improvisation
Chapter 6 Living in the Moment Between Life and Death
Chapter 7 Caring Without Conversation
Chapter 8 Being Together, Letting Go
Part 4 Communication at the Time of Death
Chapter 9 Endings
Chapter 10 Volunteers' Reflections on the First Year
Chapter 11 Hospice and Communication at the End of Life
appendix1 Appendix