The dialectics of care: Communicative choices at the end of life

Health Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Considine, Jennifer ^a   Miller, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HOSPICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNICATION; HOSPICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEADERSHIP; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 77951036673     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230903544951     Document Type: Article

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