Transitions In End Of Life Care (Facing Death) - Softcover

Clark, David; Wright, Michael

 
9780335212866: Transitions In End Of Life Care (Facing Death)

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"This book is invaluable for any health workers, social scientists, and educators interested in palliative care developments in rapidly changing societies." Aging and Society

To what extent have hospice and palliative care developments taken hold in the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union? Has health care reform in the wake of communism provided a climate for palliative care innovation? In which countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia have palliative care developments been most pronounced and what is the key to their success? Above all, what obstacles to improvement still exist and how can these be overcome? This ground-breaking study sets out to answer these questions and to provide, for the first time, a detailed analysis of hospice and related services in a vast region comprising 28 countries and a population of over 400 million people.

Transitions in End of Life Care will be essential reading for anyone concerned with improving the level of provision of hospice and palliative care services, in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and indeed elsewhere in the world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David Clark is Professor of Medical Sociology within the Academic Palliative Medicine Unit of the University of Sheffield and has been involved in research and teaching pallliative care since 1989. He is the editor of the Facing Death series for Open University Press. Michael Wright is a Research Fellow in the Academic Palliative Medicine Unit of the University of Sheffield and a former chaplain of the Doncaster Royal Infirmary. His interests lie in the history of hospices and in the spiritual dimensions of healthcare.

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