Communication at the end of life poses important challenges for patients, families, and
caregivers. Previous research on end-of-life communication has concentrated on areas …

Julie Yingling, PhD, and Maureen Keeley, PhD more specifically, and about health
communication in particular. 3 Pertinent to your concerns is our study into final …

As our population ages, the questions of how to care for and communicate with the dying
have become increasingly important areas for research. This study identifies hospice …

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 …

This article reports on the findings from a project exploring final conversations (FCs). The FC
project examines communication with the terminally ill from the often-overlooked survivor's …

This exceptional work explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical
stages of the life experience--during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life …

Background: Few studies have examined physician–family caregiver communication at the
end of life, despite the important role families have in end-of-life care decisions. We …

Communication about palliative care represents one of the most difficult interpersonal
aspects of medicine. Delivering the “terminal” diagnosis has traditionally been the focus of …

The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of communicating with
patients and families at end of life (EOL). The COMFORT Communication Model guided this …

This study examines the dialectical tensions experienced by home hospice nurses in
interactions with patients, families, and health care providers. In-depth, semistructured …