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Direct linkKeranen, Lisa – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2007
"Code status" is a prominent feature of end-of-life discussions in U.S. hospitals. This essay analyzes how the rhetoric of code status articulates the terms of end-of-life decision-making in one hospital's "Patient" Preferences Worksheet. The Worksheet signifies the abandonment of the technological fix as the preferred…
Descriptors: Worksheets, Rhetoric, Patients, Personal Autonomy
Waldrop, Deborah P. – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: This study explored the psychosocial dynamics of short hospice stays (less than 2 weeks) of cancer patients age 65 and older. Design and Methods: In-depth interviews with 59 caregivers of 50 patients were audiotaped, transcribed, and coded by using Atlas ti software. Results: A descriptive typology is presented. A late diagnosis (n = 22…
Descriptors: Hospices (Terminal Care), Interviews, Caregivers, Patients
