Talking Through Death
eBook - ePub

Talking Through Death

Communicating about Death in Interpersonal, Mediated, and Cultural Contexts

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Talking Through Death

Communicating about Death in Interpersonal, Mediated, and Cultural Contexts

About this book

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 ones as they transition through the end of life experience. It reports on research recently conducted by the authors and others to create a conversational, narrative text that helps students, patients, and medical providers understand the symbolism and construction of meaning inherent in end-of-life communication.

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Yes, you can access Talking Through Death by Christine S. Davis,Deborah C. Breede in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Communication Studies. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Trick or Treat: Communicating about Death in Culture and Play
  9. 2 Show and Tell: Communicating about Death in Fictional Narratives
  10. 3 Haunts and Hunts: Communicating about Death in Ghostly Lore
  11. 4 Fit to Print: Communicatine about Death in the News
  12. 5 Angels of Death: Communicating about Death in Medical Settings
  13. 6 Talk to Me: Communicating about Death in Family Settings
  14. 7 Between the Lines: Communicating about Death in Obituaries
  15. 8 Performing Lives: Communicating about Death in Funerals and Eulogies
  16. 9 Rhetoric of Decay: Communicating about Death in Cemeteries and Burials
  17. 10 The Final Word: Communicating about Death in Epitaphs
  18. 11 Worth Dying For: Communicating about Death in Monuments and Memorials
  19. Epilogue
  20. Index of Names
  21. Index of Topics