The discursive construction of the good death and the dying person: A discourse-theoretical analysis of Belgian newspaper articles on medical end-of-life decision making

Journal of Language and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 479-499

  Van Brussel, Leen ^a   Carpentier, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Discourse theory; Discourse theoretical analysis; End of life decision making; Good death; Media representation; Newspaper coverage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873206403     PISSN: 15692159     EISSN: 15699862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/jlp.11.4.01van     Document Type: Article

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