Communication as Comfort: Multiple Voices in Palliative Care

by Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles, Joy Goldsmith

Book Overview

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. Challenging the predominantly biomedical model that informs much communication between seriously ill and/or dying patients and their physicians, caregivers, and families, Sandra L. Ragan, Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles, Joy Goldsmith, and Sandra Sanchez-Reilly pose palliative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805858083
• ISBN13: 9780805858082
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"