Death, Dying, and Social Differences (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Society has become increasingly diverse; multi-cultural, multi-faith and wide ranging in family structures. The wealthier are healthier and social inequalities are more pronounced. Respecting and working with the range of 'differences' among service users, families and communities in health and social care with ill, dying and bereaved people is a neglected area in the literature. As the principles of palliative and end of life care increasingly permeate the mainstream of health and social care services, it is important that professionals are sensitive and respond to the differing needs of individuals from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, ethnicities, beliefs, abilities and sexual orientations, as well as to the different contexts and social environments in which people live and die. This book explores what underpins inequality, disadvantage and injustice in access to good end of life care. Increasingly clinicians, policy planners, and academics are concerned about inequity in service provision. Internationally, there is an increasing focus and sense of urgency both on delivering good care in all settings regardless of diagnosis, and on better meeting the needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. National initiatives emphasise the importance of resolving disparities in care and harnessing empowered user voices to drive change. This newly expanded, fully revised second edition, with 11 new chapters, provides a comprehensive analysis of discrimination, difference and disadvantage in end of life care, and offers practical guidance for all who seek to support the equitable provision of good end of life care.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	February 2012
Editors:	David Oliviere • Barbara Monroe • Sheila Payne
Dimensions:	229 x 163 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	238
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-959929-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Palliative medicine Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Death & dying > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-959929-7
Barcode:	9780199599295

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