%0 Journal Article
%T Sobre acciones, silencios y un sentido de humor particular en un equipo de cuidados paliativos.
%A Rafael Wainer
%J AIBR : Revista de Antropolog¨ªa Iberoamericana
%D 2009
%I Antrop¨®logos Iberoamericanos en Red (AIBR)
%X In this paper I explore the complex and contradictory ways in which a palliative care team develops a particular discourse and sense of humour while they assist people with a terminal illness. I examine how palliative care professionals make use of, reinforce, resignify, and adopt a form of verbal and non-verbal communication in which silence, humour and laughter constitute the core aspects of the therapeutic strategies for interacting with patients. In addition, I discuss the use of humour as a strategy to deal with the pressure and contradictions characteristic of their professional field.
%K palliative care
%K discourse
%K humour
%K communication
%K mortal
%U http://www.aibr.org/antropologia/04v03/articulos/descargas.php?file=040303