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Inside Relationships: Critical Creative Case Studies in Interpersonal Communication

Sandra L. Faulkner (editor)

Chapter 1

What Is a Relationship? - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Have you discussed death and dying with your family members? If so, describe the conversations. If not, why do you think you have not talked about it? Are there any conversations you wish you had been able to have with loved ones that you did not? Does it matter if the death was sudden or expected (e.g., Ellis, C. [1995]. Speaking of dying: An ethnographic short story. Symbolic Interaction, 18, 73-81)?

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Problem 2

Write a script for a conversation about death and dying with a parent and/ or caregiver. How would you go about discussing death?

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Problem 3

Have you lost a family member or someone else close to you? How old were you when the loss occurred? What do you remember about the loss (e.g., emotions, conversations, smells, sounds)? Draw a comic-strip sequence that depicts the loss and ensuing conversations using Ritt's comic as an example.

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