Beach2009a
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | Beach2009a |
| Author(s) | Wayne A. Beach |
| Title | Between Dad and Son: Initiating, Delivering, and Assimilating Bad Cancer News |
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| Tag(s) | EMCA, Medical, Cancer, Bad News |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Journal | Health Communication |
| Volume | 14 |
| Number | 3 |
| Pages | 271–298 |
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| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/S15327027HC1403_1 |
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Abstract
The openingmoments of a phone call reveal howa father informs his son, for the 1st time, that his mom’s tumor is malignant. An extended phone opening reveals how delaying talk about the mom’s condition allows for important interactional work: Displaying resistance to announce the bad news directly, projecting and anticipat- ing the valence of forthcoming news prior to its announcement, and delicately shar- ing ownership of a serious health condition at the outset of a family cancer journey. Enacting a biomedical demeanor, replete with technical language and withholdings of emotional and personal reactions, subsequent delivery and reception of the bad news is managed stoically–a normalized resource employed by consequential fig- ures when managing and coping with dreaded news events. By closely examining howfamilymembers talk through cancer on the telephone, the scope of health com- munication research is extended beyond clinical settings into home environments, progress ismade on the noticeable absence of interactional studies in psycho-oncol- ogy, and diverse implications arise for understanding howlay persons diagnose and manage illness dilemmas.
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