End-of-life Care
Promoting Comfort, Choice and Well-being for Older People
This report explores the current state of end-of-life care policy and practice in the UK. It focuses in particular on the experiences of older people and incorporates their views and the views of caregivers. Drawing on a comprehensive literature review, analysis of data from a funded study, and the outcomes of a consultation exercise with older people, the report identifies the range of patterns and circumstances of death and dying in old age; outlines the current policy and practice context; compares the experiences of older people who receive specialist palliative care and those who do not; and explores key issues in older people's accounts…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Witherspoon, Ros (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield) / Gott, Merryn (Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, University of Sheffield) / Ross, Helen (Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, University of Sheffield) / Payne, Sheila (Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield) / with / Owen, Tom (Help the Aged)
- ISBN: 978-1-86134-761-9
- EAN: 9781861347619
- Produktnummer: 4009198
- Verlag: Policy Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 88 S.
- Masse: H29.6 cm x B21.0 cm x D0.6 cm 344 g
- Abbildungen: No
- Gewicht: 344
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
Jane Seymour is Senior Lecturer in the Palliative and End-of-Life Care Research Group at the University of Sheffield. Ros Witherspoon is a PALS (Patient Advice and Liaison Service) officer with the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Merryn Gott is a lecturer in gerontology in the Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, University of Sheffield. Helen Ross is a lecturer in gerontology in the Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing, University of Sheffield. Sheila Payne is Professor of Palliative Care and Head of the Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, University of Sheffield. Tom Owen is Research Manager at Help the Aged.
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