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What is Hospice

Chapter 12
Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics
Medical care centered around comfort and quality of life for someone with a terminal illness.
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Family Communication at the End of Life: Breaking the Taboo Through Entertainment Media
Bonnie M. Nickels (Independent Researcher, USA) and Kelly E. Tenzek (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9125-3.ch012
Abstract
Communication at end-of-life remains a stigmatized and taboo topic among families. Despite evidence indicating open communication and engagement among family members in the end-of-life process, people still struggle to communicate in this taboo topic. This chapter will review the literature of end-of-life communication among families, including theoretical approaches, challenges and barriers to open end-of-life communication and advance care planning, and depictions of end-of-life in entertainment media. Opportunities to overcome the taboo nature of communicating about death and dying by using media entertainment, specifically film and television, as a conversational platform to launch discussion aimed at overcoming the stigma surrounding death and dying are provided.
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Palliative Care and Hospice
An organization or facility that provides care for the terminally ill, focused on palliation (comfort) when curative treatment is no longer an option. Hospice care involves medical care, pain management, and emotional/spiritual support. It can be provided inpatient or outpatient and focuses on maintaining the quality of life and symptom control. Patients can be admitted to hospice when they have a terminal diagnosis of six months or less. (My Wishes)
Published in Chapter: Palliative Care and Hospice; From: The Role of Child Life Specialists in Community Settings
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Culturally-Sensitive Approaches to Dying: Muslims and End-of-Life Care
Quality care provided for individuals with a terminal diagnosis in end-stages of life (6 months or less) that includes symptom and pain management, and caring for the social, psychological, and spiritual well-being of the patient, along with their physical wellbeing.
Published in Chapter: Culturally-Sensitive Approaches to Dying: Muslims and End-of-Life Care; From: Working With Muslim Clients in the Helping Professions
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