Jon F. Nussbaum (PhD Purdue) is a Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University.
Howard Giles (PhD, DSc. Bristol) is a Professor of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Amber Worthington (MA Penn State) is a Doctoral Candidate at Penn State University within the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Contents: Maureen P. Keeley/Howard Giles/Jon F. Nussbaum: Communicating At, For, and About the End of Life ¿ Teresa Thompson: Health Communication and Death Studies ¿ Allison Whitney: Discourse «On or About» Dying: Palliative Care ¿ Jaber F. Gubrium: Benchmarking the End of Life in Long-Term Care ¿ Jillian A. Tullis: End-of-Life Communication and Spirituality. ¿ James D. Robinson: Mass Media Depictions of the Dying Process. ¿ Marcia K. Carteret: End-of-Life Communication in Cross-Cultural Patient Care ¿ Elissa Foster/Maureen P. Keeley: Conversations at the End of Life ¿ Loretta L. Pecchioni/Richard C. White: Family Decision Making and Care at the End of Life ¿ Kathleen A. Galvin: Family Communication as a Child Is Dying ¿ Nichole Egbert: Hospice Care and Communication ¿ Paige Toller: Bereavement and Post-Death Adjustments: A Lifespan Approach to Bereavement. ¿ Craig M. Klugman: Ethical Issues in End-of-Life Communication ¿ Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles/Joy Goldsmith/Sandra L. Ragan: Walking Through the Door.