'Normally you sit beside a bed and hold someone's hand': Renegotiating the end-of-life during a pandemic

Margo Louise Turnbull

'Normally you sit beside a bed and hold someone's hand': Renegotiating the end-of-life during a pandemic

Margo Louise Turnbull

Department of English and Communication

Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Conference presentation (not published in journal/proceeding/book) › Academic research › peer-review

Abstract

This presentation draws on data collected through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a group of six end-of-life workers in Hong Kong and Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. These workers reflected on how the requirement to follow exceptional infection control regulations associated with COVID-19 fundamentally altered interaction with individuals and families during the end-of-life period. Preliminary findings indicate that workers found creative ways to adapt some of their practices to preserve vital relational aspects of their work.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 27 May 2021
Event	Annual Conference for International Communication Association 2020 - Gold Coast, Australia Duration: 21 May 2020 → 24 May 2020 https://ica20.vfairs.com

Conference

Conference	Annual Conference for International Communication Association 2020
Abbreviated title	ICA 2020
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Gold Coast
Period	21/05/20 → 24/05/20
Internet address	https://ica20.vfairs.com

Keywords

End-of-life, communication, COVID-19

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2021. Paper presented at Annual Conference for International Communication Association 2020, Gold Coast, Australia.

Research output: Unpublished conference presentation (presented paper, abstract, poster) › Conference presentation (not published in journal/proceeding/book) › Academic research › peer-review

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