Harnessing Complex Emergent Metaphors for Effective Communication in Palliative Care: A Multimodal Perceptual Analysis of Hospice Patients' Reports of Transcendence Experiences

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 292-299

  Arnold, Bruce L ^a,b   Lloyd, Linda S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; effective communication; end of life experiences; metaphors; mixed methods; multidiscipline; quality of life; transcendence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84900320228     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909113490821     Document Type: Article

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