title: Negotiating life for the dying: hospice and the strategy of tactical socialization.
abstract: Hospice is often discussed as a social movement that is attempting to change not only the way particular patients experience dying, but the nature of death and dying for society as a whole.  Participant observation research was conducted in the home care components of and a free-standing inpatient facility associated with several northeastern hospice organizations over the course of almost three years.  The data are reported using negotiated order theory as a framework for understanding the hospice movement, and tactical socialization is identified as a major strategy of hospice workers for accomplishing their goals.
authors.affiliation: Division of Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mesler
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D017051:Hospice Care; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D017008:Negotiating; D012951:Socialization