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Applying The Causal Network Model To Advance Care Planning Messages, Katherine Leigh Harville
Applying The Causal Network Model To Advance Care Planning Messages, Katherine Leigh Harville
Theses and Dissertations--Communication
The process of advance care planning often involves conversations that focus on worst case scenarios and discussions of end-of-life, which makes the topic a daunting one. Most of these conversations occur with older adults or individuals who are seriously ill. However, advance care planning is of importance to those who are healthy, young adults as well. Narrative messages could help simplify the process of approaching such conversations and provide tools for conducting them in a more effective manner.
The proposed study makes use of the causal network model, a model that proposes that the location of information within narratives impacts …