The patient's use of metaphor within a palliative care setting: Theory, function and efficacy. A narrative literature review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 304-313

  Southall, David ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

figure of speech; hospice; Metaphor; metaphoric; palliative care; Ricoeur; terminal care; trope

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NARRATIVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PERSONHOOD; REVIEW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; NARRATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84876538896     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216312451948     Document Type: Review

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