Interpreting Facial Expressions in Patients in the Terminal Stage of the Alzheimer Disease

Datos Bibliográficos

ID13627645
AutoresLilian Jansson (University of Umea, Sweden, autor de correspondencia), Astrid Norberg (0000-0003-0662-9136, University of Umea, Sweden), Per-Olof Sandman (University of Umea, Sweden), Per‐Olof Sandman (Umeå University), Elsy Athlin (College of Health and Caring Sciences, Umeå, Sweden), Kenneth Asplund (University of Tromsø, Norway)
Año1993
Volumen26
Número4
Páginas309-324
Fecha de publicación1993-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/hfr8-r09r-w3kl-1lbb
OpenAlexW2101319462
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas21

Videotaped interactions between each of two experienced caregivers and each of four patients in the terminal stage of the Alzheimer disease were interpreted. A hermeneutic approach was used to analyze the videotapes. It was possible to see the patients as capable of having experiences and of communicating them to their caregivers. The analysis made it possible to put together the observed communicative cues into a narrative for each patient. The study may contribute to the improvement of the care of severely demented patients by affecting caregivers' preunderstanding of these patients' experiences and communicative abilities

Developmental psychology · Disease · Facial expression · Linguistics · Narrative · Pathology · Stage (stratigraphy · Terminal (telecommunication · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Medicine · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare · Psychology