Beach-etal2018
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| BibType | INCOLLECTION |
| Key | Beach-etal2018 |
| Author(s) | Wayne A. Beach, David M. Dozier, Kyle Gutzmer |
| Title | When cancer calls…: longitudinal analysis and sustained cultural impact |
| Editor(s) | Simona Pekarek Doehler, Johannes Wagner, Esther González-Martínez |
| Tag(s) | EMCA, Cancer, Longitudinal Study, Telephone, Family Conversation |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| City | London |
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| Pages | 329–359 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1057/978-1-137-57007-9_11 |
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| Book title | Longitudinal Studies on the Organization of Social Interaction |
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Abstract
Selected moments are analyzed from a corpus of 61 phone calls over a period of 13 months, the first natural history of family members talking through cancer from diagnosis through death of a loved one. Three alternative forms of interaction are examined: (1) the serial ordering of successive calls to different airline representatives; (2) tellings and retellings, across varying intervals of time and settings, regarding a loved one’s actions and health condition; and (3) cumulative practices employed by family members as resources maintaining a “state of readiness” for managing challenging circumstances (e.g., packing/unpacking bags). These courses of action transcend particular episodes, are situated in ongoing streams of interactional conduct, and have also been translated into a nationally disseminated educational program entitled When Cancer Calls….
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