Communication as Comfort: Multiple Voices in Palliative Care (Routledge Communication Series)

by Sandra L. Ragan (Author), Elaine M. Wittenberg-Lyles (Author), Joy Goldsmith (Author), Sandra Sanchez Reilly (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2008

  $142.30

  Explores the complexities of communication during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life. This work advocates a patient-centered approach to care that recognizes and seeks to lessen patients' suffering and the many types of pain they may experience (physical, psychological, social, and spiritual) during life-threatening illness.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $58.32

  Explores the complexities of communication at one of the most critical stages of the life experience - during advanced, serious illness and at the end of life. This volume integrates the medical literature on palliative care with that of health communication researchers who advocate a biopsychosocial approach to health care.