Palliative care is moving through an important 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. It can now be found in over 70 countries of the world. What challenges does this multidisciplinary speciality face as it seeks to combine high grade pain and symptom control with sensitive psychological, spiritual and social care? What are the implications of current constraints on health policy and planning? How do ethical issues about resource allocation and end of life care impinge? Can palliative care be further extended to include conditions other than cancer?New Themes in Palliative Care addresses these and many related issues in ways which will be readily accessible to students of health and social care as well as to those involved in purchasing or providing palliative care services, and to social scientists interested in chronic illness, death and dying. Its editors are respected experts in the field with backgrounds in the social sciences, nursing and medicine and the book's contributors include leading international figures from a wide range of palliative care and academic disciplines.

New Themes In Palliative Care (facing Death)

Clark, David, 1953-; Hockley, J. M; Ahmedzai, Sam, 1950-

David Clark; J. M. Hockley; Sam Ahmedzai

Clark, David; Hockley, Jo; Ahmedzai, Sam

Clark, David, Jo Hockley

J. M. Hockley, Clark

Buckingham ; Philadelphia: Open University Press

Taylor & Francis Group

Facing death, Buckingham, Philadelphia, England, 1997

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Facing death, Buckingham, cop. 1997

Facing death, Buckingham, 1999

April 1998

1, 1997

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Contributors Examine The Challenges Faced By This Multidisciplinary Speciality As It Seeks To Combine High Grade Pain And Symptom Control With Sensitive Psychological, Spiritual And Social Care. Ethical And Resourcing Aspects Are Discussed. Acknowledgements -- Notes On The Editors -- List Of Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Assessing Needs And Effectiveness: Is Palliative Care A Special Case? -- 2. Costs Of Palliative Care -- 3. Resource Allocation And Palliative Care -- 4. Half Full Or Half Empty? The Impact Of Health Reforms On Palliative Care Services In The Uk -- 5. The Evolution Of The Hospice Approach -- 6. Terminal Care In South Australia: Historical Aspects And Equity Issues -- 7. Palliative Care In India -- 8. Palliative Home Care -- 9. A Swedish Model Of Home Care -- 10. Rational Planning And Policy Implementation In Palliative Care -- 11. Palliative Care In Eastern Europe -- 12. Is Hospice A Western Concept? A Personal View Of Palliative Care In Asia -- 13. The Who Cancer Pain And Palliative Care Programme -- 14. Therapeutic Innovations -- 15. Beyond Cancer? -- 16. Teamwork In End-of-life Care: A Nurse-physician Perspective On Introducing Physicians To Palliative Care Concepts -- 17. Voluntary Euthanasia In Terminal Illness -- 18. New Approaches To Care -- Index. Edited By David Clark, Jo Hockley, Sam Ahmedzai. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Palliative care is moving through an important period of expansion and development, spreading beyond its original hospice base to encompass care in the community, in hospitals, health centers, clinics and nursing homes. It can now be found in over 70 countries of the world. What challenges does this multidisciplinary specialty face as it seeks to combine high grade pain and symptom control with sensitive psychological, spiritual and social care? What are the implications of current constraints on health policy and planning? How do ethical issues about resource allocation and end of life care impinge? Can palliative care be further extended to include conditions other than cancer?
<p>This book addresses these and many related issues in ways which will be readily accessible to students of health and social care as well as to those involved in purchasing or providing palliative care services, and to social scientists interested in chronic illness, death and dying. Its editors are respected experts in the field with backgrounds in the social sciences, nursing and medicine and the book's contributors include leading international figures from a wide range of palliative care and academic disciplines.</p>


<p>The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
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In this first part of the book three interconnected issues are explored, from a variety of perspectives.

xiv, 306 p. : 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index

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