This article presents a constitutive approach to the study of organizational contradictions,
dialectics, paradoxes, and tensions. In particular, it highlights five constitutive dimensions …

The hospitalisation and management of patients at the end‐of‐life by emergency medical
services is presenting a challenge to our society as the majority of people approaching …

Informal caregivers are a key component of end-of-life/palliative care and are increasingly
recognized as recipients of care. Numerous factors affect the care they give and they have …

Using qualitative data gathered among hospice employees, this study explores the
communication of compassion at work, providing an in-depth understanding of one of the …

The study of organizational tensions, contradictions, dialectics, and paradoxes is on the rise
in the organizational sciences. This article sets forth an integrative methodology for studying …

Most extant research on end-of-life communication in families has been based on the
assumption that more communication is better communication. We used a multiple goals …

The free, open-access website called “Let's Get Together and Talk about Death”, or Death
over Dinner (DoD), provides resources for initiating end-of-life conversations with family and …

Multiple co-existing chronic diseases impact patients' ability to manage their medical
conditions. MHealth provides opportunities for continuous access to and better quality of …

Abstract Using Death over Dinner conversations, we examined 83 family and/or friend
groups comprising 424 participants to understand how humor is used when talking about …

Performing Organizational Paradoxes takes a constitutive, process approach to
organizational paradoxes. It underscores the performative nature of paradox through …