End of Life Communication: Stories from the Dead Zone

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Christine S. Davis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA) Jonathan L. Crane

End of Life Communication

Stories from the Dead Zone

Christine S. Davis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA), Jonathan L. Crane

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Routledge
19 August 2019

Communication studies

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 Management theoretical lens, Davis and Crane explore the intersections of life and death, experience and fiction, to understand the relationship between them. The authors use complementary perspectives to examine what it means when we speak and think of death as it is conceived in cultural media and as it is constructed by and circulates between patients, health professionals, and supportive family members and friends.

Layering analysis with evocative narrative and an intimate tone, with characters, plot, and action that reflect the voices and experiences of all project participants, including the authors’ own, Davis and Crane reflect on what it means to pass away. Their medical humanities approach bridges health communication, cultural studies, and the arts to inform medical ethics and care.

By: Christine S. Davis (University of North Carolina at Charlotte USA), Jonathan L. Crane
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138231719
ISBN 10: 1138231711
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 19 August 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christine S. Davis is a Professor in the Communication Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests are in the intersection of family, culture, and health communication. Dr. Davis publishes regularly on topics such as children’s health, end of life communication, family disability, and qualitative research methods. Jonathan L. Crane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at UNC-Charlotte. He was written widely on genre and horror films and is the author of Terror and Everyday Life: Singular Moments in the History of the Horror Film (1994).