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Respecting Diversity in Ageing

Palliative care for older people in care homes / edited by Jo Hockley and David Clark.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Facing deathPublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. ; Buckingham : Open University Press, 2002.Description: 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0335210619 (hbk.)
  • 0335210600 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.029 21 H6859 2002
LOC classification:
  • R726.8 .P3429 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Ian Philp -- 1. Historical and policy contexts / Sue Davies and Jane Seymour -- 2. Assessment of need in care homes / Deborah Parker and Alison McLeod -- 3. Loss and change / Jan Reed, Glenda Cook and Chris Burridge -- 4. Spiritual care in care homes: perceptions and practice / Helen Orchard -- 5. Caring for people with dementia at the end of life / Sylvia Cox and Ailsa Cook -- 6. The role of the physician in nursing home care in The Netherlands / Frans Baar and Herman van der Kloot Meijburg -- 7. Ethics and end-of-life decision-making / Jo Vallis and Kenneth Boyd -- 8. The performance of the hour of death / Carol Komaromy -- 9. Changing care practices: beyond education and training to 'practice development' / Katherine Froggatt -- 10. Organizational structures for enhancing standards of palliative care / Jo Hockley -- Conclusion / Jo Hockley and David Clark.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book or Printed Material Book or Printed Material Main Library Library Main Collection 616.029 H6859 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Long Overdue (Lost) IMUAC040131

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Ian Philp -- 1. Historical and policy contexts / Sue Davies and Jane Seymour -- 2. Assessment of need in care homes / Deborah Parker and Alison McLeod -- 3. Loss and change / Jan Reed, Glenda Cook and Chris Burridge -- 4. Spiritual care in care homes: perceptions and practice / Helen Orchard -- 5. Caring for people with dementia at the end of life / Sylvia Cox and Ailsa Cook -- 6. The role of the physician in nursing home care in The Netherlands / Frans Baar and Herman van der Kloot Meijburg -- 7. Ethics and end-of-life decision-making / Jo Vallis and Kenneth Boyd -- 8. The performance of the hour of death / Carol Komaromy -- 9. Changing care practices: beyond education and training to 'practice development' / Katherine Froggatt -- 10. Organizational structures for enhancing standards of palliative care / Jo Hockley -- Conclusion / Jo Hockley and David Clark.

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