Name: Palliative Care for Older People: A Public Health Perspective (Oxford Textbook)
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Author: Lieve Van Den Block
ISBN: 9780198717614

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Palliative Care for Older People: A Public Health Perspective (Oxford Textbook)

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Physical Book

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Author

Lieve Van Den Block

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

326

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780198717614

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Synopsis "Palliative Care for Older People: A Public Health Perspective (Oxford Textbook) "

Current projections indicate that by 2050 the number of people aged over 80 years old will rise to 395 million and that by this date 25-30% of people over the age of 85 will show some degree of cognitive decline. Palliative care for older people: A public health perspective provides a comprehensive account of the current state of palliative care for older people worldwide and illustrates the range of concomitant issues that, as the global population ages, will ever more acutely shape the decisions of policy-makers and care-givers. The book begins by outlining the range of policies towards palliative care for older people that are found worldwide. It follows this by examining an array of socio-cultural issues and palliative care initiatives, from the care implications of health trajectories of older people to the spiritual requirements of palliative care patients, and from the need to encourage compassion towards end-of-life care within communities to the development of care pathways for older people. Palliative care for older people: A public health perspective is a valuable resource for professionals and academics in a range of healthcare and public health fields to understand the current state of policy work from around the world. The book also highlights the social-cultural considerations that influence the difficult decisions that those involved in palliative care face, not least patients themselves, and offers examples of good practice and recommendations to inspire, support, and direct healthcare policy and decision-making at organisational, regional, national and international levels.

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