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Publication details [#42816]

Barton, Ellen L., Matthew Aldridge, Thomas Trimble and Justin Vidovic. 2005. Structure and variation in end-of-life discussions in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Communication & Medicine 2 : 3–20.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

discourse analysis | doctor-patient conversation | health | hospital

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Annotation

This exploratory discourse analysis discusses the structure and variations of the four phases of end-of-life discussions in a Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU).