New Themes in Palliative Care - Softcover

Clark, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335196055 ISBN 13: 9780335196050

Publisher: Open University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Palliative care in the late-20th century can be seen to be moving through a period of expansion and development, spreading beyond its original hospice base to encompass care in the community, in hospitals, health centres, clinics and nursing homes.

About this title

About the Author:

David Clark has wide-ranging interests in the sociology of health, illness and family life. He is currently Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Sheffield.Jo Hockley trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London and has specialized in palliative care for many years. She is currently a Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist with the palliative care team at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. Sam Ahmedzai was appointed to the chair of Palliative Medicine at the University of Sheffield in 1994, following nine years as Medical Director of the Leicestershire Hospice; he has a particular interest in quality of life issues.

Review:

"The 300 pages of this book are packed with information oninternational developments in palliative care." - Community Care "This book is a must for all those working in thefield, an interesting read for others working across the spectrum of health care and core reading for students from a wide range of disciplines studying health policy, sociology and health care delivery, as wemove into the 21st century." - Information Exchange "In terms of student suitability, I would recommend the text for two main reasons. First, it is rich in detail and analysis of developments in palliative care...Second, it allows the students to see howsocial science based ideas and concepts can be applied to the 'real world'...In overall terms, this text should be a valuable resource for social scientists and practitioners alike. It's bias is towards the latter audience, but I would still urge social science students and researchers interested in death and dying to look at what, I believe, is avery informative and reasonably priced little book." - Medical Sociology News

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0335196055
• ISBN 13: 9780335196050
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 306