Scholars contributing to this special issue on "Family Communication at the End of Life" have provided evidence that communication is vital for terminally ill i
For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the Unite
This book examines the dialectic between fictional death as depicted in the media and real death as it is experienced in a hospital setting. Using a Terror Mana
This multi-contextual approach serves to integrate current findings, expand our theoretical understanding of the end of life, prioritize the significance of com