A special section in the present issue of Patient Education and Counseling is dedicated to
advancing knowledge on communication about the end of life in healthcare settings. The …

ABSTRACT I review conversation analytic research on healthcare interactions in palliative
care, and end-of-life preferences and plans conversations in other settings. The review …

The conversation strategies patients and clinicians use are important in determining patient
satisfaction and adherence, and health outcomes following patient education—yet most …

For over 30 years, conversation analysts have been investigating medical interactions in an
array of settings. Initial interest in primary-care encounters between physicians and patients …

Talking Through Death examines communication at the end-of-life from several different
communication perspectives: interpersonal (patient, provider, family), mediated, and cultural …

Conversation Analysis and Health Communication Originating at the University of California
during the 1960s, Conversation Analysis (hereafter CA) is now the dominant, contemporary …

Conversation analysis (hereafter CA) represents a naturalistic and inductive approach to the
study of generalizable patterns of interaction that are ultimately amenable to quantification …

Communication about end-of-life care is increasingly recognized as a core clinical skill, but
doctors are often unprepared to have these conversations. Crisis situations at the end of life …

Objective To examine how end-of-life talk is initiated in CALM therapy sessions with
advanced cancer patients. Methods Conversation analysis was used to systematically …

Training to enhance healthcare practitioners' capabilities in engaging people in sensitive
and end-of life-related conversations is in demand. However, evaluations have either not …