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  • Medical Sociology
  • Linguistics
  • Thanatology

Background:

  • Hospice care focuses on providing a "good death" for patients and families.
  • Interactions often occur between hospice professionals and families due to patient conditions.
  • Families seek clear prognoses, while professionals face inherent uncertainty.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze how hospice professionals use language to manage family expectations.
  • To understand the linguistic strategies employed in hospice communication.
  • To explore the role of language in achieving family buy-in regarding prognoses.

Main Methods:

  • Observational study of eight months in Hospice House Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings.
  • Analysis of verbal interactions between hospice professionals and patients' families.
  • Focus on linguistic registers of prognosis and future grammars.

Main Results:

  • Hospice professionals predominantly use future grammars, including predictive and subjunctive verbs.
  • Imperative verbs are rarely utilized in these interactions.
  • Specific linguistic components mediate professional authority in emotion-laden hospice settings.

Conclusions:

  • Language, particularly future-oriented grammar, is crucial for hospice professionals to manage family expectations.
  • Understanding these linguistic registers enhances insights into the social organization of death.
  • This research contributes to a richer understanding of communication surrounding end-of-life care.