On the contingency of death: A discourse-theoretical perspective on the construction of death

Critical Discourse Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-115

  Carpentier, Nico ^a,b   van Brussel, Leen ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

contingency; death; discourse theory; genealogy; good death; hospice; palliative care; political; right to die

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859490734     PISSN: 17405904     EISSN: 17405912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17405904.2012.656372     Document Type: Article

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